Sentence examples for a placid day from inspiring English sources

A placid day on global stock markets has been enlivened by a series of big-money corporate announcements.

A placid day in the Tour de France, with the usual small falls, attacks and a three-man breakaway that was caught near the finish, exploded into chaos in the last few miles today when two crashes splintered the pack and slowed several major riders, including Lance Armstrong.

Memorial Day is normally a placid day in sports that allows us to remember what we're supposed to be remembering, and no, not just how long to grill the burgers.

The raid, which was televised live on a placid Saturday, seized her attention because it occurred at her parents' workplace: the Lindstrom Family Auto Wash.

And this was just what Fernando Ferrer, the Bronx borough president and Democratic candidate for mayor, wanted: a predictably placid Sunday morning that offered a dandy moment to make a bit of news.

Survivors described how the earthquake, from one moment to the next, turned a normal, placid Saturday night into a disaster zone.

SUNDVOLLEN, Norway — On a sunny, placid Friday one week ago Marcel Gleffe was relaxing at Utvika, a pristine campsite on Lake Tyrifjorden not far from here, when he recognized the sound coming from Utoya, an island less than a half-mile away.

A placid dawn on Sunday morning revealed half a foot of water in the dock shop and a giant lake around Mr. Davis's house.

I mean you live up to your name when your name is placid Sunday.

Shortly before Pierre Wauthier, a 53-year-old father of two, took his life on Monday in a placid lakeside community south of Zurich, he wrote a letter blaming pressure from Mr. Ackermann for his despair.

So for now, the campaign will largely be conducted as it was Thursday on a placid and lovely street east of UCLA, where Clinton's first fundraiser was about to be held.