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

He looks pale, and his countenance wears a placidness indicating a mind absorbed in reflection.

From Our World, Or, the Slaveholder's Daughter by Adams, F. Colburn (Francis Colburn)

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

For some subtle reason the expression of extreme placidness on Ingeborg's face as she lay silently watching the tree-tops and planning what she would do with her baby annoyed the Baroness.

From The Pastor's Wife by Arnim, Elizabeth von