| The recent fall of snow, laid in a thick carpet, deadened any sound, adding to the tranquillity and pristine feel of the mountains. |
| As the day wore on the tranquillity of the afternoon is remembered as being almost unearthly. |
| Things will never be the same again in a village renowned for its beauty and tranquillity. |
| Only a dog's faint bark or the occasional musical air-horn of a lorry at the junction would break the tranquillity. |
| A light aircraft wheeled in a window of blue sky, then disappeared and tranquillity returned. |
| The tranquillity was shattered as Dr Sentamu finally knocked on the West Door with a wooden staff. |
