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How to use placid in a sentence

19 example sentences · adjective

Placid means calm and quiet; peaceful; tranquil. Example: “The burst of anger was out of character for the normally placid boy.”

Examples of placid by meaning

adjectiveCalm and quiet; peaceful; tranquil.

  • a placid disposition
  • a placid lake

More sentences with placid

  • The burst of anger was out of character for the normally placid boy.From the entry out of character
  • American shale’s placid responses to energy whirlwinds are becoming an enduring feature of the U.S. oil industry.2026 March 4, Benoît Morenne, “Why American Frackers Aren’t Rushing to Pump More Oil: U.S. shale giants won’t budge from their plans…. From the entry shale
  • By visible evidence, this Saturday morning is a comparatively placid one.2018 February, Robert Draper, “They are Watching You—and Everything Else on the Planet: Technology and Our Increasing Demand for Security…. From the entry darkly
  • In my placid moments I dream of homogenized wholeness: Spirit, mind, and body all developed and integrated.1993, Carolyn J. Bohler, “Women’s Search for Wholeness”, in Stories Along the Journey: Spiritual and Theological Reflections for Pastoral…. From the entry cream-cheesy
  • Where ULR is angryish, Oxford, and Left, UNSA is placid, Cambridge, and probably just right of centre.1959 January–March, W. T. Rodgers, “Politics in the Universities”, in William A[lexander] Robson, T[homas] E[dward] M[aurice] McKitterick…. From the entry angryish
  • She seemed a placid creature altogether - eminently respectable - perhaps not over intelligent.1934, Agatha Christie, chapter 12, in Murder on the Orient Express, London: HarperCollins, published 2017, page 158. From the entry over
  • She loved.. to watch the lovely shadows in the silent depths of the placid mere.1913, Annie S. Swan, The Fairweathers. From the entry mere
  • If I feel placid or unalive must I feign excitement?1975, Clark E. Moustakas, The Touch of Loneliness, page 39. From the entry unalive
  • He glanced with a weatherwise eye at the sky now falling into evening tones - placid and still.1938, Norman Lindsay, Age of Consent, 1st Australian edition, Sydney, N.S.W.: Ure Smith, published 1962, →OCLC, page 178. From the entry weather-wise
  • She was placid, stately and Juno-esque, soft-toned in her trance utterances, but she could become powerful in her office, an imposing presence.2015, Molly Whittington-Egan, “Preface: Into the Cabinet”, in Mrs Guppy Takes a Flight: A Scandal of Victorian Spiritualism, [Castle…. From the entry rambunctious
  • He tippy-taps in place, placid, compliant.2000 September 19, Bill Lyon, “Eagles can’t catch the ball…”, in Lancaster New Era, 124th year, number 38,636, Lancaster, Pa., page C-6. From the entry tippy-tap
  • Wide, placid face with pale cornflakey freckles, mild blue eyes, heavy white arms and legs, partial to short skirts and tight sweaters.1980, W[illiam] P[atrick] Kinsella, Shoeless Joe Jackson Comes to Iowa, [Ottawa, Ont.]: Oberon Press, →ISBN, page 57. From the entry cornflakey
  • What bearing hath be shown of late toward thee By which thou might'st beframe some estimate Of his mind's placid flow or turbulent?1916, James Whitcomb Riley, The complete works of James Whitcomb Riley. From the entry beframe
  • In his short life Ricky had known two sudden deaths, and that is enough to disarrange any placid outlook on the world.1907, E.M. Forster, The Longest Journey, Part I, VI [Uniform ed., p. 69]. From the entry disarrange
  • It was the prey of choice for the evil Tyrannosaurus Rex and its mate, the placid Tyrannosaura Regina because its flavour resembled that of a common semi-flightless proto-bird.1993 August 16, Bill Welch, “ferrets”, in alt.folklore.urban (Usenet), archived from the original on 23 Sep 2025. From the entry Tyrannosaura Regina
  • From the south, in a zigzag plunge from Egton High Moor, the road just past Key Green suddenly reveals delightful views of a rich, placid landscape.1980, AA Book of British Villages, Drive Publications Ltd, page 171. From the entry Key Green
  • They are a calm, flaccid, flabile, placid lot who pat themselves on the back on account of their marvelous poise of character, fat bank account and U.S. bonds.1910, Albert G. Detch, “Much Hysteria Abroad in the Land”, in The Bridgemen's Magazine, volume 10, page 835. From the entry flabile

Meaning of placid

  1. adjective Calm and quiet; peaceful; tranquil.

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Questions about placid in a sentence

How do you use placid in a sentence?
Placid is used as an adjective. For example: “The burst of anger was out of character for the normally placid boy.”
What is a short sentence with placid?
“a placid disposition”
What does placid mean?
Placid means calm and quiet; peaceful; tranquil.

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