placidness

Example Sentences

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At 16, Hamer left home, and over the course of the next 18 months, walked across Britain, honing the skills that make him a superlative mole catcher — invisibility and placidness.

From Washington Post • Oct. 10, 2019

The relative placidness of inbounds skiing is no match for the greater adventure of untamed terrain.

From New York Times • Dec. 20, 2012

On the forward deck, at the foot of the mast, sat a young man in a state of placidness.

From The Rudder Grangers Abroad and Other Stories by Stockton, Frank Richard

Placidly and placidness have also the short a.

From Every-Day Errors of Speech by Meredith, L. P.

"Oh, no," said Mrs. Fisher—with an odd placidness, Scrap thought.

From The Enchanted April by Elizabeth