TRANQUILLITY in a Sentence

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168 example sentences for TRANQUILLITY, such as:

1. She stared at the tranquil surface of the water.
2. Though I look comfortably accommodated, I am not very tranquil in my mind.
3. This tranquillity was not the least beautiful spectacle of this agitated epoch.
4. Enjoy tunes in the tranquility of your garden or patio without spoiling the landscaping.
5. It seemed as though something of the repose of the dead entered into Jean Valjean's tranquillity.

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 Meanings and Examples of TRANQUILLITY
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
tranquillity
 n.  calmness; peace; freedom from disturbance or agitation
Classic Sentence: (162 in 11 pages)
1  He remained in this state during the rest of the day, a whirlwind within, a profound tranquillity without.
Les Misérables 1 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 7: CHAPTER III—A TEMPEST IN A SKULL
2  With stupid tranquillity he surveyed this peaceful and terrible apartment, where so many lives had been broken, which was soon to ring with his name, and which his fate was at that moment traversing.
Les Misérables 1 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 7: CHAPTER VIII—AN ENTRANCE BY FAVOR
3  From time to time she raised her eyes towards the man, with a sort of tranquillity and an indescribable confidence.
Les Misérables 2 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 3: CHAPTER VII—COSETTE SIDE BY SIDE WITH THE STRANGER IN THE...
4  It seemed as though something of the repose of the dead entered into Jean Valjean's tranquillity.
Les Misérables 2 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 8: CHAPTER VI—BETWEEN FOUR PLANKS
5  He uttered coarse speeches, obscenities, and filth with a certain tranquillity and lack of astonishment which was elegant.
Les Misérables 3 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 2: CHAPTER III—LUC-ESPRIT
6  They take possession of peace, of tranquillity, of leisure; behold, they are content.
Les Misérables 4 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: CHAPTER I—WELL CUT
7  This tranquillity was not the least beautiful spectacle of this agitated epoch.
Les Misérables 4 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: CHAPTER IV—CRACKS BENEATH THE FOUNDATION
8  These immense enclosures alone can contain at the same time civil war and an odd and indescribable tranquillity.
Les Misérables 4 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 10: CHAPTER V—ORIGINALITY OF PARIS
9  Mame Hucheloup, a good likeness, went and came from morning till night before this quatrain with the most perfect tranquillity.
Les Misérables 4 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 12: CHAPTER I—HISTORY OF CORINTHE FROM ITS FOUNDATION
10  The end of the Rue de la Chanvrerie, opposite the barricade, had been evacuated by the troops, as we have stated it seemed to be free, and presented itself to passers-by with a sinister tranquillity.
Les Misérables 5 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: CHAPTER VII—THE SITUATION BECOMES AGGRAVATED
11  Those who were left standing continued to serve the pieces with severe tranquillity, but the fire had slackened.
Les Misérables 5 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: CHAPTER XIV—WHEREIN WILL APPEAR THE NAME OF ENJOLRAS' MIS...
12  Those who have never traversed the whirlwind of this sort of war can form no idea of the singular moments of tranquillity mingled with these convulsions.
Les Misérables 5 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: CHAPTER XVII—MORTUUS PATER FILIUM MORITURUM EXPECTAT
13  Whatever may have been the singular inward tranquillity which we have just mentioned, the barricade, for those who are inside it, remains, none the less, a vision.
Les Misérables 5 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: CHAPTER XVIII—THE VULTURE BECOME PREY
14  The four countenances expressed four different feelings: that of Porthos, tranquillity; that of d'Artagnan, hope; that of Aramis, uneasiness; that of Athos, carelessness.
The Three Musketeers By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In 34 IN WHICH THE EQUIPMENT OF ARAMIS AND PORTHOS IS TREATED OF
15  This tranquillity proved one thing--that d'Artagnan did not yet know Milady.
The Three Musketeers By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In 41 THE SEIGE OF LA ROCHELLE
Example Sentence:
1  After the commotion and excitement of the city, I appreciate the tranquillity of these fields and forests.
2  Similar to a child's imagination or a messy dream, he creates a unique blend between tranquility and spontaneity.
3  Enjoy tunes in the tranquility of your garden or patio without spoiling the landscaping.
4  He who has tasted the sweetness of solitude and tranquility becomes free from fear and free from sin.
5  Though I look comfortably accommodated, I am not very tranquil in my mind.
6  She stared at the tranquil surface of the water.