Sentence examples for serene break from inspiring English sources

Mr. Winstead describes his two years there as a serene break from urban life.

The serene silence is broken only by the sound of birds, frogs, cicadas and palm fronds rustling in the wind.

During the 1947 royal tour of South Africa, Elizabeth's serene public behaviour was broken, exceptionally, when she rose from the royal car to strike an admirer with her umbrella because she had mistaken his enthusiasm for hostility.

The notion of the institute publicly squabbling with a professor, much less taking him to court, is a striking break with its serene image.

Planes are farty, miserable sky prisons that drive even the most serene among us to the breaking point.

Tension was built, broken and rebuilt, the effect serene, with the viola's searing tone verging on the ecstatic.

The normally serene waters of the lagoon were churning and breaking violently.

She appeared serene last night, but a relative said she had broken down.

With less tourist traffic than you'll find during the warmer months, the Serene Republic is also the ideal destination for a romantic break.

Mr. Dylan, 61, sang with serene defiance, grizzled humor and flickers of tenderness; an occasional grin broke through his deadpan.

When Mr. Andsnes broke into the tempestuous cadenza right after the first serene statement of the main theme by the French horn, every note mattered.