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

It was then that the Believers began to fathom the reasons for the Prophet's placidness when he accepted the paragraph, seemingly so unfavourable, concerning the restitution of fugitives.

From The Life of Mohammad The Prophet of Allah by Dinet, Etienne

In her whole attitude there is a sort of gravity and placidness, something of the half-asleep air of a person ruminating.

From George Sand, some aspects of her life and writings by Hallard, Alys

To expand the human face to its full perfection, it seems necessary that the mind should co-operate by placidness of content, or consciousness of superiority.

From Journey to the Western Islands of Scotland by Johnson, Samuel