| Horrocks seems placid but you get the feeling there's a fidgety jitteriness convulsing somewhere near the surface. |
| The placid grey door whisked open as he approached, admitting him to his dark cabin. |
| They gazed on the road with a solemn, placid expression, as of men to whom the Atlantean weight of this weary world was as the down on a feather. |
| They're recognizably human characters with serious problems of their own and lives that don't always stay on placid waters. |
| Extroverts may become withdrawn, natural jokers humourless, and placid individuals short-tempered and aggressive. |
| A quick-tempered man will react more aggressively to an unpleasing situation than a placid one. |
