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calm and untroubled
- For however extreme the inward rage, outwardly Perry remained a cool young tough, with eyes serene and slightly sleepy.2 — Persons Unknown (40% in)
- And though even Duntz had forfeited his composure-had shed, along with tie and coat, his enigmatic drowsy dignity-the suspect seemed content and serene; he refused to budge.3 — Answer (76% in)
- The Meiers, who had been married more than twenty years, were very much alike: tall people with weight and strength to spare, with wide hands, square and calm and kindly faces-the last being most true of Mrs. Meier, a direct and practical woman who nevertheless seems illuminated by a mystical serenity.4 — The Corner (0% in)
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