placid

He uses the relatively placid actions of some to minimize the obvious violence and vandalism committed by others.

Built in 1960, the facility is now as well known for its placid, soaring architecture as for the boundary-pushing science that happens in its labs.

Despite the warning signs posted around the lake, some visitors have waded into the seemingly placid waters of Emerald Pool, only to get whisked away by the current.

The benchmark is hovering at nearly double the level it was a year ago—suggesting a new normal relative to the placid expectations of recent years, and compared with the exuberance in the tech-heavy Nasdaq 100 that soared more than 45% last year.

Calcium-­carbonate tufa spires shoot up from the placid waters, resulting in an eerie ­display of the lake’s peculiar ­chemistry.

They would speak up, but in tones still soft and placid; and Spahn often overheard them describing him as a “beautiful person.”

Ellie Black rouses quietly to consciousness at around 3, her eyes unfocused, mind placid.

Underneath the most placid waters, there are vicious currents and tides, and underwater volcanoes that are constantly erupting.

His face immediately shifted out of the placid, guarded, friendliness of the Scheduled Speaker into ambroad, welcoming smile.

And I long for the placid days when all I worried about were jackhammers, Halal carts and clueless tourists on rental bikes.

Mrs. Newbolt was looking away toward the hills, a dreamy cast in her placid face.

The baby had thrived; as placid, laughing a little thing as if its mother had never known sorrow.

Frulein Timm belongs to the single sisterhood, but is one of the fresh and placid kind, and as neat as wax.

They mostly wore the placid expression of folks engaged in business affairs instead of the worried look of pleasure-seekers.

The old lady glanced up from her work; her placid face wore a look of unusual serenity.