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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

A month, at least, is necessary, to bring my features to such a placidness with him, as to allow him to smile in my face.

From The History of Sir Charles Grandison, Volume 4 (of 7) by Richardson, Samuel

Poor little girl, it must have been horrible for her to have come in from the gay placidness of her own life and thoughts to the stark tragedy of Bridget Rendle's death.

From To Love by Peterson, Margaret

Indeed, their very placidness was almost cold, animal in its indifference.

From The Mantooth by Leadem, Christopher