| As the search for effective antivenom goes on, the rattlers continue in their propensity for remaining placid until disturbed. |
| Now the lake was placid in the heat of the afternoon, the tiny wavelets lapping the shore like a hurried metronome. |
| This was something entirely missing in the placid ' millpond ' climax of the television dramatization. |
| The bark of seals drowns out the din of the city you left behind, and at night, the canal's placid silence is just what you need to decompress. |
| The placid grey door whisked open as he approached, admitting him to his dark cabin. |
| A quick-tempered man will react more aggressively to an unpleasing situation than a placid one. |