In a sentence
Six example sentences with placid, each labelled with its topic.
By dawn the lake was placid enough to hold a perfect upside-down copy of the mountain behind it.
Travel
Long exposures make even a choppy bay look placid, smoothing every wave into a sheet of pale gray glass.
Photography
Open-water swimmers wait for a placid sea; a meter of chop turns an easy kilometre into a fight.
Fitness
The memorial's long reflecting pool stays placid even in wind, thanks to a lip that breaks every ripple at the edge.
Architecture
The painter shows the harbor placid at dawn, a sheet of flat water holding the ships' masts in perfect reflection.
Art
Dragonflies lay their eggs only where the pond is placid, so a windbreak of willows was planted along the western bank.
Environment
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