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    Use "tranquillity" in a sentence

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    tranquillity


    1. Smith wanted something, but had no means to express such things in any sense other than silence and darkness, and so Smith thought un-shapes out of the fraying circular chords of absolute tranquillity


    2. The beauty of the country, besides, the pleasure of a country life, the tranquillity of mind which it promises, and, wherever the injustice of human laws does not disturb it, the independency which it really affords, have charms that, more or less, attract everybody; and as to cultivate the ground was the original destination of man, so, in every stage of his existence, he seems to retain a predilection for this primitive employment


    3. The violence and injustice of the rulers of mankind is an ancient evil, for which, I am afraid, the nature of human affairs can scarce admit of a remedy : but the mean rapacity, the monopolizing spirit, of merchants and manufacturers, who neither are, nor ought to be, the rulers of mankind, though it cannot, perhaps, be corrected, may very easily be prevented from disturbing the tranquillity of anybody but themselves


    4. Experience had taught him that it helped to talk about problems out loud in order for the inner soul to find peace and tranquillity


    5. They seem as immiscible as oil and water: Zen, the peaceful practice of tranquillity, and the


    6. The people feel themselves so much interested in what relates either to their subsistence in this life, or to their happiness in a life to come, that government must yield to their prejudices, and, in order to preserve the public tranquillity, establish that system which they approve of


    7. But that zeal must be altogether innocent, where the society is divided into two or three hundred, or, perhaps, into as many thousand small sects, of which no one could be considerable enough to disturb the public tranquillity


    8. tranquillity, however, and his own security, may frequently depend upon the doctrines which they may think proper to propagate concerning such matters


    9. But though this order of men can scarce ever be forced, they may be managed as easily as any other ; and the security of the sovereign, as well as the public tranquillity, seems to depend very much upon the means which he has of managing them ; and those means seem to consist altogether in the preferment which he has to bestow upon them


    10. tranquillity, gain considerably by a union with Great Britain

    11. It would, at least, deliver them from those rancourous and virulent factions which are inseparable from small democracies, and which have so frequently divided the affections of their people, and disturbed the tranquillity of their governments, in their form so nearly democratical


    12. I would have to find a new place where to grab at peace and tranquillity


    13. Then it was all gone, the roads, the buildings and the chaos were replaced with the tranquillity and quietness of the mountains and hills of the West Lothian countryside


    14. She was off to discover tranquillity and serenity helping run food kitchens in Malawi


    15. LP found a sense of tranquillity and freedom here, even with the unwanted crowds


    16. Suddenly, a noise overhead broke through Double Island Point’s tranquillity


    17. With practised expertise he channelled his awareness away from his surroundings and into the tranquillity of a higher consciousness


    18. Although primarily a Buddhist site for prayers and chanting, people from all over the world are coming in increasing numbers to enjoy the tranquillity and the peaceful surroundings


    19. been able to recognise Kalm as a place of peace and tranquillity


    20. lengthening of your tranquillity

    21. were all that broke the tranquillity of Kalm until at last the gentle


    22. in tranquillity; 5 For they knew not this anguish, nor yet had they heard of that which had befallen us


    23. began to come with the fountain in peace and great tranquillity, and it came to a place which was not far from that cedar, and they


    24. of themselves speedily advance together with those who do them in much tranquillity


    25. I thought in absolute tranquillity that mortality was the best gift ever, and I revelled in the idea that for the first time in over two hundred and fifty years someone may mourn the loss of me rather than the other way around


    26. there are no more rabies…” Isn’t that precisely what we all aspire to… a free and peaceful world without antagonism? Perhaps I share, after all, a bit of your “utopian spirit”, tempered by reality, for I do not exist to seek opposition, but dream of being able to live in peace and tranquillity


    27. 3 Who will be judge regarding these things? Or to whom shall we complain regarding that which has befallen us? O Lord how have you borne this? 4 Our fathers went to rest without grief and note! the righteous sleep in the Earth in tranquillity; 5 For they knew not this anguish nor yet had they heard of that which had befallen us


    28. 6 Also when it had cast it down and had destroyed and rooted out the greater part of that forest so that nothing was left of it nor could its place be recognized then that vine began to come with the fountain in peace and great tranquillity and it came to a place which was not far from that cedar and they brought the cedar which had been cast down to it


    29. He knows Rada, a revolutionary, with a mission to destroy the tranquillity of Egypt


    30. My throat started to hum a tune, a tune that was taking my soul close to some source of tranquillity

    31. It was his private place of calm and tranquillity and a diversion in an otherwise busy schedule


    32. Is the colour of nature, it has a calming effect and gives a sense of tranquillity,


    33. Had your people remained true to the spirit of Buddha, you would have long since entered your haven of spirit tranquillity, soul rest, and assurance of salvation


    34. 10 The Urmia religionists lived together in comparative peace and tranquillity because they had fully surrendered all their notions of religious sovereignty


    35. 14 These forty-eight states, having abandoned the twin sophistries of sovereignty and self-determination, enjoy interstate peace and tranquillity


    36. Bamboo Island is a popular tranquil get away for both foreigners and Khmers, as there is nothing to do but relax, swim or snorkel on the many reefs at tranquillity bay which is a small bay on the island


    37. Taramis seems to have gone quite mad; whereas formerly she was famed for her virtue, justice and tranquillity, she is now notorious for qualities precisely opposite to those just enumerated


    38. In the very face of all the natural difficulties and the temporal contradictions of mortal existence, he experienced the tranquillity of supreme and unquestioned trust in God and felt the tremendous thrill of living, by faith, in the very presence of the heavenly Father


    39. I floated there enjoying the tranquillity of not being


    40. In the centre of his sphere of tranquillity Harry pictured his bedroom and

    41. It would have been a place of sublime tranquillity was it not for the fact that there was a body buried in the sand on the beach below them


    42. of its air of tranquillity and peace


    43. But all that noise was being pushed back by the serene tranquillity of the park


    44. ‘This is my place of tranquillity in this city,’ he told her


    45.

    Houston, Tranquillity Base here


    46. At the Faramdoulas tranquillity was the norm


    47. The soft, tinkling song was instantly replaced by a high pitched whine which shredded the tranquillity she felt


    48. Buzz and Neil were the two to make it to The Sea of Tranquillity, but they jettisoned most of everything used to get them there


    49. Clegg and Blauner were heading now for their own Sea of Tranquillity, but how sure could they be their landing would be a happy one? How much debris was out there for which they were responsible? And who had they taken with them? With Anton on his own agenda to be murdered, then born again, that was a confidence to be shared with few people


    50. The reason for all our truth, beauty and goodness in family life was all her tranquillity














































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    Synonyms for "tranquillity"

    placidity quiet repose serenity tranquility tranquillity quietness quietude calm stillness rest peacefulness

    "tranquillity" definitions

    an untroubled state; free from disturbances


    a state of peace and quiet


    a disposition free from stress or emotion