How to Use placid in a Sentence

placid

adjective
  • Which were placid and rubbery, and which were meaty and juicy?
    — Laurie Ochoa, Los Angeles Times, 21 Dec. 2024
  • On this summer day, the world looked placid over on Calumet too.
    — Mary Schmich, chicagotribune.com, 22 June 2017
  • But though the tempo of her music was fast, the vibe was placid.
    — Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 10 Nov. 2023
  • There are meadows full of elk and rivers stacked with trout, steep slopes, and placid lakes.
    — Graham Averill, Outside Online, 25 Apr. 2025
  • They may be used on a placid lake, a lazy river or a backyard pool.
    — Bestreviews, Chicago Tribune, 30 May 2025
  • Those were times when society was placid — not just placid, but very placid.
    — Llewellyn King, Orlando Sentinel, 21 July 2024
  • Once placid meetings now erupt in chaos with heckling, protests and even death threats.
    — Janelle Davis, CNN, 17 Nov. 2022
  • Today, the three-block green space, shaded by rare elm trees, is more placid.
    — C. J. Hughes, New York Times, 6 Sep. 2017
  • Tiny spots of bright, white light speckling a jet black field suggest a placid night sky.
    — Christopher Knight, Los Angeles Times, 20 Oct. 2023
  • The river is rather placid in this area, and there are plenty of spots to fish along the banks.
    — Peter Marteka, courant.com, 23 Aug. 2019
  • Tran goes to join the few women still bobbing in the dark, placid water.
    — Jessica Wapner, Quartz, 1 Dec. 2019
  • There was rain and there was sun, windy spurts and placid spells, lucky birdies and unlucky bogeys.
    — Daniel Rapaport, SI.com, 18 July 2019
  • All the while, the placid expression on his face never changed.
    — Mike Sielski, Philly.com, 31 Mar. 2018
  • Fishing boats churned across the placid waters of the harbor.
    — Nevin Martell, Washington Post, 18 Aug. 2022
  • But as his boat pulls away from the landing, his normally placid face turns cloudy.
    — Georgina Gustin, NBC News, 19 Dec. 2021
  • For decades, that task would have taken place in the placid setting of a bullpen session.
    — Andy McCullough, New York Times, 28 Apr. 2025
  • Daedone briefly looked stricken, but, even so, a placid smile remained on her face.
    — Thessaly La Force, New Yorker, 29 Aug. 2025
  • A couple inflatable pool toys could be fun to float on in the placid water.
    — idahostatesman, 24 May 2016
  • Except for a small wake from a passing ferry, the river was placid.
    — Rachel Syme, The New Yorker, 24 May 2021
  • As Butker’s kick went through, Steichen looked placid.
    — Tom Krasovic, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 Nov. 2025
  • Though Higdon’s placid on the surface, nothing feels easy to her.
    — David Patrick Stearns, Philly.com, 14 Feb. 2018
  • On the far shore, across five miles of placid water, lights in the city of Tiberias were blinking off.
    — Matti Friedman, Smithsonian Magazine, 21 June 2023
  • Or was the rage hiding in plain sight, coursing beneath the surface of even this placid scene?
    — Merve Emre, The New Yorker, 18 Sep. 2023
  • While the stock and bond markets have been on a wild ride, mortgage rates have been fairly placid the last few weeks.
    — Washington Post, 3 Feb. 2022
  • The clouds aren’t placid but constantly on the move, whipping around the planet in two to four days.
    — Shi En Kim, Smithsonian Magazine, 14 Feb. 2024
  • My marginalia became a series of handholds on the placid smoothness of the page.
    — New York Times, 2 Nov. 2021
  • Koume, a usually placid pup, raised the alarm with her barks which then allowed people to rush to the man’s aid.
    — Junko Ogura, CNN, 9 May 2023
  • But the placid tone of Proctor’s life is shattered early in the novel.
    — Ron Charles, Washington Post, 25 Apr. 2023
  • Kalari sits on over eight acres overlooking the placid Lake Paravur.
    — Jane Alexander, Condé Nast Traveler, 29 Feb. 2024
  • The market shook off the initial shock, and things have been relatively placid since.
    — Ryan Ermey, CNBC, 21 Aug. 2025

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