Sentence examples for placid times from inspiring English sources

Bill Clinton's misadventures came in prosperous and relatively placid times.

Each paper has its own story, and some would have changed leaders even in the most placid times.

But these are not placid times, and the roaring helicopters are one more reminder of rising tensions wrought by North Korea's recent barrage of war threats.

Bill Clinton complained that it was his bad luck to be president in placid times of plenty, when greatness cannot easily emerge, then managed to become the second president in history to be impeached.

With little administrative authority, the position typically promises a placid time in office.

But Mr. Obama maintained a placid and at times bemused demeanor — if at times appearing to work at it — as he parried the attacks and pressed his consistent line that Mr. McCain would represent a continuation of President Bush's unpopular policies, especially on the economy.

Still, at times the performance seemed too subtle and a little placid, at least until the final Allegretto, taken at a brisk tempo and dispatched with impishness.

Like a lactating Madonna, "she remains placid the whole time," Dr. Wilkinson said.

Or it may be the interaction with the letters themselves, which are like fish hooked on the cursor, placid for a time before snapping to life and knocking around, a constant cause for surprise and frustration.

Although placid most of the time, koalas produce loud, hollow grunts.

If you're placid in those kinds of times, that's good.