tranquillity

Example Sentences

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"Everyone understands what women really want: social guarantees, an adequate income, the ability to afford housing, and, most importantly, tranquillity and security," she said.

From Barron's • Apr. 1, 2026

It was a place of "peace and tranquillity" which people returned to year after year, the judge said, adding it held great personal significance to many.

From BBC • Jul. 15, 2025

We sat down to talk in a room with one of Europe's most serene views: the tranquillity of Lake Geneva and the magnificent sprawl of the Mont-Blanc massif.

From BBC • Jun. 8, 2025

For years I had been hearing about the island of Pantelleria, the craggy, hard-to-get-to Eden with middle-of-nowhere tranquillity that sits 89 miles southwest of the island of Sicily and about 50 miles east of Tunisia.

From New York Times • May 29, 2024

Yet the demand that she conceal this inner life was great, and by the time she entered high school she was expert at implying bodily a tranquillity that did not in fact inhabit her.

From "Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel" by David Guterson