Example Sentences
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They make a restful and comfortable serenity and reposefulness.
From The Man That Corrupted Hadleyburg and Other Stories by Twain, Mark
He has lost the feel of reposefulness and peace—oh, years and years ago!
From A Double Barrelled Detective Story by Twain, Mark
The quiet boy Grisha accompanied them, and looked with the blue reposefulness of his impassionate eyes into the blue flames of her rapturous ones, soothing the sultriness and passion of her agitation.
From The Created Legend by Cournos, John
The early evening sky was growing bluer—a blue reposefulness was pouring itself out upon the earth and extinguishing the ruby-coloured flames of the sunset.
From The Created Legend by Cournos, John
It is this extreme reposefulness of colour that opposes the unrest in the form and helps to restore the balance and necessary repose in the picture.
From The Practice and Science of Drawing by Speed, Harold
