Sample Sentences for
serene
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  • It was a serene and slow-paced place, unlike the busy centers of manufacture and distribution where the daily work of the community occurred.  (source)
  • As I enter the serene city of Guerneville, the 4-Runner truck goes from a Mach-like speed to that of a snail.  (source)
  • Serene, his father said, "Now." And fired the rifle.  (source)
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  • I studied England on a map, so neat and serene,  (source)
    serene = calm and untroubled
  • God grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, courage to change the things I can, and wisdom always to tell the difference.  (source)
    SERENITY = peace and calm
  • The great creature's flight was serenely smooth.  (source)
    serenely = undisturbedly
  • the sun is breaking through; the clouds are rolling off—serenest azure is at hand.†  (source)
  • Nine million corpses later, when the bands stopped and the serenities started running, the wail of bagpipes would never again sound quite the same.†  (source)
  • This thing that is meant for sereneness, to send up mild white vapours among mild white hairs, not among torn iron-grey locks like mine.†  (source)
    standard suffix: The suffix "-ness" converts an adjective to a noun that means the quality of. This is the same pattern you see in words like darkness, kindness, and coolness.
  • He was stretched out on his back, looking serene.  (source)
    serene = calm and untroubled
  • I described the serenity of the park,  (source)
    serenity = peaceful calmness
  • "Well, you see, Lucius," said Dumbledore, smiling serenely, "the other eleven governors contacted me today."  (source)
    serenely = in a manner that is calm and untroubled
  • And she announced, in the serenest, simplest tone, that, though she might never marry Mr. Rosier, she would never cease to think of him.†  (source)
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