Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
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
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
