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  • The prospect did not seem to disturb Annie's weird serenity in the least, although Paul could not believe that, in some part of her mind, she did not realize how close to the end of the game they had now come.   (source)
    serenity = calm and untroubled manner
  • Her voice was serene, but filled with commanding strength.   (source)
    serene = calm and untroubled
  • And yet, there's a serenity in his face, a sense of something that's survived its own ruin.   (source)
    serenity = untroubled peacefulness and calm
  • I described the serenity of the park,   (source)
    serenity = peaceful calmness
  • God grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, courage to change the things I can, and wisdom always to tell the difference.   (source)
    serenity = peace and calm
  • My mask of serenity and...   (source)
    serenity = untroubled calmness
  • The serene look on Aunt Pearl's face calmed him at first, then made him angrier. Sometimes you'd think she was deaf, dumb, and blind, he thought.   (source)
    serene = calm and untroubled
  • He was a lean, happy, excitable man who had turned out to be calm and serene in combat.   (source)
  • Now the sea was a serene blue, deep and dark.   (source)
  • Her face is serene in the early morning sunlight.   (source)
  • He was stretched out on his back, looking serene.   (source)
  • He had lost his fierce serenity.   (source)
    serenity = untroubled calm
  • when you sit in the cool shade of the white poplars, sharing the peace and serenity of distant fields and meadows   (source)
  • like a flash of lightning in a serene sky   (source)
    serene = calm
  • With infinite complacency men went to and fro over this globe about their little affairs, serene in their assurance of their empire over matter.   (source)
    serene = calm and untroubled
  • In a thousand ways they have turned my limitations into beautiful privileges, and enabled me to walk serene and happy in the shadow cast by my deprivation.   (source)
  • Beth's face, serene and smiling, as in the early days, looked down upon them, seeming to say, "Be happy."   (source)
  • looking in at my broad windows with serene and satisfied face,   (source)
  • He was waltzing while the rest of us hopped a jig; he was deaf to the raucous music of our lives, and we were deaf to the serene polyphony of his.†   (source)
  • Chase motioned her north past Barkley Cove—the village serene and colorful in the distance—and landed on the beach of a small bay tucked in deep forest.†   (source)
  • It was then that any impression of serenity was violently interrupted, for his voice was brimming with rage.†   (source)
  • The circle filled in with the unlucky twelve-to-eighteens, and then Patrick started us out with the serenity prayer: God, grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, the courage to change the things I can, and the wisdom to know the difference.†   (source)
  • The picture she liked best was of the fourth mayor, Jane Larket, who had a serene smile and fuzzy black hair.†   (source)
  • She was smiling serenely.†   (source)
  • All things at Happy Jack are serene and gracious—but this moment is the exception to the rule.†   (source)
  • Standing with his frantic mother as the train rolled backward in search of the lost boy, Louie's older brother, Pete, spotted Louie strolling up the track in perfect serenity.†   (source)
  • He is smiling in the picture, and there is no mistaking the look in his eyes: Chris McCandless was at peace, serene as a monk gone to God.†   (source)
  • Serene concern.†   (source)
  • Peter laughs, and I try to unpinch my face, to look serene.†   (source)
  • With her long black hair, fair skin, and dark blue eyes, she seemed serene beyond her years.†   (source)
  • He sat serene on his couch, drinking from his wrought-gold cup.†   (source)
  • Dad had built a home with an almost jarring serenity.†   (source)
  • He looked more serene than he appeared at the bottom of the stairs.†   (source)
  • The Vonnegut was a heavily modified Firefly-class transport vessel, modeled after the Serenity in the classic Firefly TV series.†   (source)
  • A Hindu upbringing and a Baptist education had precisely cancelled each other out as far as religion was concerned and had left her serenely impious.†   (source)
  • She smiled her serene smile.†   (source)
  • Viewed as more sterile and serene, lethal injection had become the most common method for the sanctioned killing of people in virtually every death state.†   (source)
  • Her face was serene, and peaceful.†   (source)
  • In front of us, just visible above the wall, the castle sat, floodlit under the full moon, gazing serenely down from its position on the top of the hill.†   (source)
  • She was serenity.†   (source)
  • Beneath the serenity, however, there was fire, and Serena's mother-in-law knew it.†   (source)
  • The orderly progress of cooking something put me in the usual serene mood.†   (source)
  • Serene.†   (source)
  • The weekday services are almost unattended—quiet, serene.†   (source)
  • The vision of lying serenely on a bed of fire under palm trees in my white sari had motivated all the weeks of sleepless, half-starved passage, the numbed surrender to various men for the reward of an orange, a blanket, a slice of cheese.†   (source)
  • Only a hundred yards away, inside the thick walls of St. Peter's Basilica, the world was serene.†   (source)
  • They lick along the floor, then rise to the ceiling, glowing strangely, serenely.†   (source)
  • Where the mothership sails serenely across the sky.†   (source)
  • Phineas just walked serenely on, or rather flowed on, rolling forward in his white sneakers with such unthinking unity of movement that "walk" didn't describe it.†   (source)
  • She was surprised at how serene she felt, and just a little sad.†   (source)
  • "Crake always watches over us," says Simone de Beauvoir serenely.†   (source)
  • Alyss saw it all as if through a watery film, and despite the mortal threat she and the Alyssians were facing, despite the uncertainty of everything, she felt almost serene as she drifted down into the Looking Glass Maze.†   (source)
  • A gong sounded, and the Moon Lady bowed her head and looked serenely to the side.†   (source)
  • The last section of the Bridge, the one connecting West Archeon to the rest of the city, seems serene.†   (source)
  • Within five minutes I was half-asleep in the grass, smiling like a dope, wondering serenely what might be on the menu for lunch.†   (source)
  • The cause of all the commotion sat serenely, his rapt, innocent gaze never straying from the minister's face, his hand still cupped over the imprisoned fly.†   (source)
  • John, his peace, serenity, reason.†   (source)
  • She floated, serene and at peace, on a black sea that knew no shore.†   (source)
  • For half a step, New Beijing Palace could be glimpsed between complexes, sprawling and serene on the cliff that overlooked the city.†   (source)
  • His expression is serene.†   (source)
  • "Well, I'm not going," said Boris serenely.†   (source)
  • Before I can respond she releases me, and as she pulls away, her face is as serene and beautiful and composed as ever.†   (source)
  • He misses her serene, calm nature, how much she would cry and giggle, how simple she is.†   (source)
  • I gave in to the weight of my body, collapsing onto the glass-filled serenity of the floor.†   (source)
  • He rested his hand on its shoulder and tried to radiate peace and serenity.†   (source)
  • We were warned to expect rain in October, but at the close of July—surprising no one in Kilanga but ourselves—the serene heavens above began to dump buckets.†   (source)
  • His eyes are tired and red but in them I see relief, a sense of serenity as though he knows it's all about to end.†   (source)
  • I settled into outlining a rough draft contentedly, more serene than I'd felt since… well, since Thursday afternoon, if I was being honest.†   (source)
  • This occurred during the Renaissance in Europe, but when Western and Oriental art encountered each other in the1700s, Japanese artists and their audiences were serenely untroubled by the lack of perspective in their painting.†   (source)
  • Jared's face was serene, unlined, his hands resting patiently and unmoving in his ample lap.†   (source)
  • Eighty-six days and his hands were still, waiting serenely each rat-rustling night for "Hiiii!" at dawn and the eager clench on the hammer's shaft.†   (source)
  • "Thank You," Betsie went on serenely, "for the fleas and for—"†   (source)
  • I felt an odd serenity that Dad had died without my even being aware of it.†   (source)
  • In times of action her face took on a sudden new composure, almost serene, the fuzzy blue eyes narrowing into a tight, intelligent focus.†   (source)
  • Will nodded serenely.†   (source)
  • From a distance, the mountain appears beautiful and serene, dotted with rocky outcroppings, scrub oak, and ponderosa pine.†   (source)
  • There was a serene blue sky overhead, and pure white clouds that seemed a million miles away from flames and smoke.†   (source)
  • The school occupies an ever serene edge of the townscape, semidetached, more or less scenic, suspended in political calm.†   (source)
  • A serene crocodile.†   (source)
  • The single note, high-pitched and serene, hung vibrating on the air and then the Yggdrasill began to crack.†   (source)
  • Jace's profile in the moonlight was serene.†   (source)
  • The sun is out all day, and the nights are cool and serene.†   (source)
  • With the same serenity she opposed a vigil in the Cathedral, which the Archbishop himself had requested, and she agreed to the body's lying there only during the funeral Mass.†   (source)
  • Idaho's dark round face turned toward Paul, the cave-sitter eyes giving no hint of recognition, but Paul recognized the mask of serenity over excitement.†   (source)
  • Her serenity encouraged me to know that she was at peace and ready to accept whatever happened.†   (source)
  • It was as if he were contemplating that serene mountain landscape Einstein had described, and suddenly between the mountains had appeared a fissure, a gap of pure nothing.†   (source)
  • He jerked backward, landed on his back, flipped around, and gazed up at me with the serene expression of a heroin addict who had just gotten his fix.†   (source)
  • Her mother, clearly, was serene and unruffled, and her voice carried the strength of truth.†   (source)
  • But philosophy was also moving increasingly in the direction of "salvation" and serenity.†   (source)
  • A serene, almost religious smile lit up the woman's face.†   (source)
  • But natives did labor alongside migrants on the work sites, usually as supervisors or as operators of heavy machinery, giant vehicles that resembled mechanized dinosaurs and would lift vast amounts of earth or roll flat hot strips of paving or churn concrete with the slow serenity of a masticating cow.†   (source)
  • The atmosphere was so serene.†   (source)
  • I thought we were en route to an emergency hospital, and so with serenity I made plans for my death and will.†   (source)
  • Ruth smiles at me in the car, beautiful and serene in that summer dress.†   (source)
  • For however extreme the inward rage, outwardly Perry remained a cool young tough, with eyes serene and slightly sleepy.†   (source)
  • With her waterfall of white-blond hair and her clear blue eyes, she had always reminded Josie of a magical fairy-the serene, heavenly creature that floats down to grant someone's wishes.†   (source)
  • Her faith in Allah was firm, bolstered by the serene thought that even if Allah did allow her to be blasted away by the Iraqi Air Force, there was no more glorious death than martyrdom in holy war.†   (source)
  • Exercise dissipates tension, and tension is the enemy of serenity.†   (source)
  • I smile serenely as he wheels me right up to the ring curb.†   (source)
  • They'll want me to be brilliant and serene, like Father.†   (source)
  • Alyah was a beautiful child with long, thin fingers, perfectly formed little lips, and for an infant, an improbably serene demeanor.†   (source)
  • Sometimes she even caught herself thinking that if she could be more like Kay, more serene and secure, her marriage might improve; she and David might be happier.†   (source)
  • The child dozed, the dream having passed, her face serene once more.†   (source)
  • There had been nothing to do in Oklahoma City either, but there the surroundings were spotless and serene, with about ten times as much space.†   (source)
  • Our minds were so polluted by city life that we needed all this space and serenity to find ourselves.†   (source)
  • It appeared to be moving and sparkling, yet still and serene at the same time.†   (source)
  • Yet Meena was serene as she walked about the streets.†   (source)
  • Throughout Abdul's performance Ali's face remained serenely disengaged.†   (source)
  • Hearts at once human and divine, looming bloodred and out of scale from the open chests of figures who gazed with odd serenity from the large paintings in the Bradleys' household.†   (source)
  • Trailed by dozens of cats, Ordo Maas and his sons led the companions to the northern part of the island, where a great frigate was floating serenely in a small harbor.†   (source)
  • The vampire shook his head in consternation, but his face was still serene.†   (source)
  • The family jokingly said that she was the only normal person for many generations, and it was true she was a miracle of equilibrium and serenity.†   (source)
  • Then she smiled at him serenely, squeezed his hand and, with a whispered regretful 'Addio,' pressed herself against him for a moment and then straightened and walked away with unconscious dignity and grace.†   (source)
  • I tried to maintain a serene facade in the upstairs chamber, even as I agonized over my husband's safety.†   (source)
  • There was almost a full moon, and it looked serene and beautiful to Tom and Roe as they slowly paddled out into the glistening lake.†   (source)
  • It was a moment of serenity, lasting only as long as my sigh of relief.†   (source)
  • Smiling serenely, he asked, in the melody of Beethoven's motif,Muss es sein?†   (source)
  • As he left the room, I looked down at the picture again, and at the girl in the center, noticing how serene and happy she looked surrounded by all those people.†   (source)
  • So I get on the tube feeling serene and impervious, like a Buddhist monk.†   (source)
  • I could see how those eyes would stay serene, beautiful, concealing the kind of restlessness and recklessness so evident tonight.†   (source)
  • Michal stared ahead, regarding the scene serenely.†   (source)
  • He embodied the calm emotion and serenity that many players never attain at any age.†   (source)
  • The image smiled, serene.†   (source)
  • It was exhausting-as though I had held my breath continuously for an hour under the terrifying serenity that comes from days of intense hunger.†   (source)
  • Under the cold blue sky, it sat serenely, warmly, with a few brave crocuses beginning to peep out of the winter stung grass.†   (source)
  • Admirers saw strength of mind in the high, bald forehead, strength of character in the "robust" neck, unshakable serenity in the slight smile.†   (source)
  • Mr. Mompellion climbed the pulpit steps, and instead of the frown that had creased his brow all week, his face that morning looked serene.†   (source)
  • Her eyes were closed and her face serene as if she didn't mind at all the snaking coils of plastic tube that had invaded her body.†   (source)
  • She sat on a throne surrounded by gardenias, her face serene as a goddess's.†   (source)
  • The graceful pale-green curves of Sung Dynasty pottery, displayed on glass shelves, imposed serenity on the chamber.†   (source)
  • For us, as for everyone else, it looked like being a serene, if industrious, summer, and possibly it would have been so, but for Petra.†   (source)
  • Miss Awolowo was serene.†   (source)
  • The president walks purposefully through the serenity of the White House Rose Garden, even as the Cuban exiles comprising Brigade 2506 are in grave danger, pinned down on a remote stretch of sand in Cuba.†   (source)
  • His bandaged back moves up and down serenely, just as it's been doing for the last two days.†   (source)
  • She saw both serenity and suffering in the calm of his face, an expression like a smile of pain, though he was not smiling.†   (source)
  • They maintain a …. a firm-skinned serenity …. the under use of everything leaves them …. quite whole.†   (source)
  • With evening shadows, she could give a sense of serenity and continuity.†   (source)
  • Far above the rot and vapours of the world the Sun was riding high and golden now in a serene country with floors of dazzling foam, but only a passing ghost of her could they see below, bleared, pale, giving no colour and no warmth.†   (source)
  • THE WORLD MAY HAVE BEEN falling apart but at Dr. O's office everything was serene.†   (source)
  • The city of Charleston, in the green feathery modesty of its palms, in the certitude of its style, in the economy and stringency of its lines, and the serenity of its mansions South of Broad Street, is a feast for the human eye.†   (source)
  • Serene, somber expressions!†   (source)
  • The men leaned their chins against the serene necks of the women, danced a waltz or two, slid oysters into their partner's mouths.†   (source)
  • I believe in the possibility of surprising joy, of serenity through pain, of homecoming through exile.†   (source)
  • She was staring at the wall, a strange pensive serenity having come over her.†   (source)
  • In the dusk the lights of their houses were comforting and serenely yellow.†   (source)
  • For a while, as they walked, they seemed to carry in them a measure of contentment; some of the serenity and the cleanliness of that big warm kitchen lingered on inside them.†   (source)
  • If it was up to him, he would give him everything—sun and moon, eternal happiness, serene and uncomplicated, Here, will this fix it?†   (source)
  • "Yes, of course," Nora said serenely.†   (source)
  • This unusual balance of spirit and calm, of serenity and unbridled joy, intrigued Wulfgar and kept him off-balance whenever he spoke with the girl.†   (source)
  • She hugged him, her face right next to his, voice low and serene.†   (source)
  • You might hear a train in the distance every once in a while or see an airplane in the sky flying to New York or someplace else, but your sense of peace and serenity isn't disturbed by clutter.†   (source)
  • "We will love her," Mum said serenely.†   (source)
  • With a martyr's serenity, she walked across the foyer to the maitre d' stand.†   (source)
  • Yet to look at him now, in the twilit living room, gliding like a large bird in an updraft toward the sweating shakerful of booze, smiling out of his fat vortex ring's center, you'd think all was flat calm, gold, serene.†   (source)
  • The gardens were a serene and blossoming oasis amid the swarm of a chaotic Babylon.†   (source)
  • KATE [ALMOST WISTFUL]: How—serene she is.†   (source)
  • You come out of serene country and suddenly you are tossed and battered by a howling hurricane of traffic.†   (source)
  • Staring at Audrey's serene blond beauty, dazzling dimpled smile, and splendid dress and coat and shoes, Doris was overwhelmed by something close to shame.†   (source)
  • I felt that Raymond was consciously following a code he had prescribed for himself, and the fact that he was following this code gave him his serenity.†   (source)
  • He felt serene.†   (source)
  • Kali, night of destruction at Worldsend, who walketh the world by night, protectress, deceiver, serene one, loved and lovely, Brahmani, Mother of the Vedas, dweller in the silent and most secret places, well-omened, and gentle, all-knowing, swift as thought, wearer of skulls, possessed of power, the twilight, invincible leader, pitiful one, opener of the way before those lost, granter of favors, teacher, valor in the form of woman, chameleon-hearted, practitioner of austerities,…†   (source)
  • Suddenly Mr. Head's serene expression changed.†   (source)
  • As a result, his feeling, still pulsing and warm, was gradually eliminated from his poems, and romantic morbidity yielded to a broad and serene vision that lifted the particular to the level of the universal and familiar.†   (source)
  • Serenely the curtain dilated, serenely failed.†   (source)
  • We went out and scanned the heavens, clear and beautiful, deadly beautiful, not one cloud to mar its serenity.†   (source)
  • Deborah was one of the serving-women, and though she did not speak, and despite his discomfort, he nearly burst each time she entered the room, with the pride he knew she felt to see him sitting there, so serene and manly, among all these celebrated others, in the severe black and white that was his uniform.†   (source)
  • Bowman averted his head and saw the woman looking serenely back at the mule, with only satisfaction in her face.†   (source)
  • She arose as gracefully as a dancer, as serenely as a somnambulist.†   (source)
  • By now he had persuaded himself into believing she was a practical, adaptable, serene person, who would need only a few weeks on the farm to become what he wanted her to be.†   (source)
  • There were two afternoons in the late fall when Judith was absent, returning at supper time serene and calm.   (source)
  • I know of those whose serene and wise speculations on this theme would soon reveal...   (source)
  • Smiling serenely, Hermione placed the beetle back inside her schoolbag.†   (source)
  • "Carlisle's always fine with whatever I choose to do," Edward told him serenely.†   (source)
  • She pictured him lying serenely on the beach, oblivious to all problems in the world.†   (source)
  • Why expect one woman to carry out all the functions necessary to the serene running of a household?†   (source)
  • For if serenity should be a hallmark of maturity, then impetuousness should be a hallmark of youth.†   (source)
  • I gazed up at the serene alabaster face of Athena.†   (source)
  • All I could make out were the names of the dead women: Viola, Cassandra, Serenity, Larcinia, Delia.†   (source)
  • Desire must be curbed, and serenity will help us to endure pain.†   (source)
  • It was unbearable to have that beautiful face, so noble and serene, connected to such a sight below.†   (source)
  • "Give me the canister," the camerlegno said, his tone serene.†   (source)
  • His face was serene as he gazed out the windshield.†   (source)
  • He would spin from serenity to raving madness in the blink of an eye, usually for no reason.†   (source)
  • She had that Bene Gesserit serene repose about her that the young man found subtly disturbing.†   (source)
  • But I feel serene, at peace, pervaded with indifference.†   (source)
  • Very serene and even-tempered — very stable.†   (source)
  • A flash of contempt set the queen's jaw but almost instantly faded into a serene smile.†   (source)
  • I even managed a short, closed-eyed pause of serenity before I made my way out.†   (source)
  • "No, it was definitely a Snorkack horn," said Luna serenely, "Daddy told me.†   (source)
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