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
But she too values the tranquillity of island life.
From BBC • May 20, 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
But in states organized like that of France, it is impossible to hold them with such tranquillity.
From "The Prince" by Niccolò Machiavelli
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