| Extroverts may become withdrawn, natural jokers humourless, and placid individuals short-tempered and aggressive. |
| Now the lake was placid in the heat of the afternoon, the tiny wavelets lapping the shore like a hurried metronome. |
| The placid grey door whisked open as he approached, admitting him to his dark cabin. |
| They're recognizably human characters with serious problems of their own and lives that don't always stay on placid waters. |
| Indians almost subconsciously take to cricket as a representation of the placid, karmic life. |
| Back in the saddle again, we go, folks, with all placid on the Y2K front, bogus threat that it was. |
