All 7 Uses of
placid
in
Sea Wolf
- In fact, I remember the placid exaltation with which I took up my position on the forward upper deck, directly beneath the pilot-house, and allowed the mystery of the fog to lay hold of my imagination.†
Chpt 1
- For an immeasurable period, lapped in the rippling of placid centuries, I enjoyed and pondered my tremendous flight.†
Chpt 2 *
- I had lived a placid, uneventful, sedentary existence all my days—the life of a scholar and a recluse on an assured and comfortable income.†
Chpt 4
- Picture it to yourself: a man of ordinary stature, slender of build, and with weak, undeveloped muscles, who has lived a peaceful, placid life, and is unused to violence of any sort—what could such a man possibly do?†
Chpt 5
- He was asleep on his back and breathing as placidly as a woman.†
Chpt 14
- We lay, scarcely rolling on the placid sea, unable to follow.†
Chpt 17
- He ceased speaking, and his gaze wandered absently past her and became lost in the placid sea.†
Chpt 24
Definition:
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(placid) calm and not easily excited