Sentences with phrase «as placid»

Rather, Charlesworth's imagery is as placid as if the things, themselves, were mounted on plinths in their very own special exhibition.

In the images from Venice shown here, the perpetual flux of water appears nearly as placid and intangible as the sky, evoking the mythical aspects of the city and at the same time grounding it in the reality of photography.

If diving is not your thing, or you're bringing small children with you then there are snorkeling tours available, as well as placid canoe tours that allow you to see the reefs from the surface of the water, sailing charters and day trips to the Palau Aquarium at the Palau International Coral Reef Center.

Mr Delmar said that while huskies were normally seen as placid, there would always be exceptions and these had to be guarded against.

This makes them excellent activity dogs as well as placid members of the household.

Not exact matches

We did get a couple days of volatility as there was some geopolitical risk coming into the market around some headlines in North Korea, but generally the market's been pretty placid.

The publisher's promotional material appears to build on the expectations associated with this sort of story, describing Mariette in Ecstasy as «a powerful portrayal of the disturbing world beneath the placid daily life of an American convent.»

She cooperates not as an act of placid obedience, but of sacrificial courage.

The hope is that there may emerge among us, as we inquire into these matters, a way of thinking about worship which will liberate us from our placid captivity within our separate traditions.

As I sat next to her yesterday on the aubergine leather sofa, the water of Puget Sound placid outside the window behind her, I studied how the afternoon light fell across her profile and how the shadows formed where age has carved deep crevices in her skin.

Her surname, Goolagong, means «tall trees near still water» in the aboriginal language, and she was as graceful and placid as her name.

Not a military school, despite its name (it was known as Mr. Gunn's School a century ago), The Gunnery stands in the hills above Washington, Conn., some seven miles from Lake Waramaug, the most placid body of water in the area.

La Roja glided across the pitch and fought tirelessly on the few instances when the ball fell out of their gentle, placid custody as though it was their young.

If your baby is sleepy or placid (as is the case with many babies who have Down syndrome or other neurological disorders), you'll want to wake her up completely before breastfeeding and nurse her frequently throughout the day.

His tendency to jump from placid calm to apoplectic rage may be endangering his political, as well as his physical, health.

LAKE PLACID — A state task force is poised to deliver a series of legislative proposals to combat the state's heroin epidemic as early as Wednesday.

All this adds to the still - emerging picture of our solar system as a dynamic place of continual upheaval, not a static and placid domain as imagined by many scientists in the past.

As Fiume Tevere, the third - longest river in Italy, lay placid beneath me I watched the sun rise over this majestic city.

As a experienced people, seniors will be seen as more of a placid, composed and wise persoAs a experienced people, seniors will be seen as more of a placid, composed and wise persoas more of a placid, composed and wise person.

The movie surely owes something to Polanski, Cronenberg, et al., in its use of an apparently placid, upper - middle - class setting as the background for perverse horrors, but De Van's fearless, high - wire performance is uniquely its own.

Clearly, if Wilson played Robin over-the-top as in both Pitch Perfect films, she would have drowned out not only Johnson's performance but Mann's placid doctor character as well.

His latest started on a higher rung, but still ascended: early concerns about an overly pat single - couple divide gradually evaporated, as savage supporting turns from Imelda Staunton and David Bradley tie knots in what might seem a placid endorsement of marriage.

As an opening shot, this image of placid river water is less spectacular than many of those that we have studied for Jim's project, but its simplicity is deceptive and it contains all of the qualities of a great opening shot that Jim has been encouraging us to see.

His tactic of conveying a placid expression, while simultaneously pressing interviewee's for solid answers will be needed now more than ever as Theroux attempts to examine Ron L. Hubbard's clandestine religion.

Nothing churns; the surface always remains placid as the movie marches gracefully toward its climax.

So when AI moves away from the placid confines of the suburban Swinton home and into the wild and woolly world of such locales as the neon - drenched, hedonistic urban center known as Rouge City or — in the film's most stunning sight — a Manhattan that is all but completely submerged in water, Osment's David remains a captivating companion on an increasingly strange and surreal journey.

With Lockhart's health and sanity draining away as surely as the arresting visuals are leeched of any bright colours, A Cure for Wellness attempts a Lynchian burrow beneath the sanatorium's placid croquet lawns to diagnose the soul - sickness of modern man, no less.

As the young woman, Therese, and her titular object of affection tentatively flirt with one another, the placid blush of a clarinet swirls around the low hum of an oboe like two wrestlers looking for a weak spot.

As usual, there's a multitude of tensions bubbling under the placid surface, along class and racial lines as well as the requisite secrets from the past haunting certain folkAs usual, there's a multitude of tensions bubbling under the placid surface, along class and racial lines as well as the requisite secrets from the past haunting certain folkas well as the requisite secrets from the past haunting certain folkas the requisite secrets from the past haunting certain folks.

What's gratifying to discover is that if you can bring yourself to avoid the last inch or so of throttle travel, the F40 has a placid side to its character that comes as a pleasant surprise.

Beneath the seemingly placid surface, Corbett finds a literal reign of terror, and although he is a hometown boy, white and the son a prominent citizen, he finds himself in just as much danger as the black community.

The gunmetal surface of the water looked placid as a pond, but she knew that for an illusion.

Swimming and boating are forbidden, but seasonally the migrating water birds rest on the placid surface as they make their way south.

It's a good set - up though, as the first omnibus did a good job sucking me in but I don't think I can handle that much of Mitsuri Adachi's placid characters every time.

That placid bearing remained in place as Weinberg finished her talk and throughout the expertly assembled conference.

It is all in the personality For example if everyone knows your pet as a sleepy, lazy or placid, shoot around their sleeping area.

As we come to a home visit with our own tried - and - true arsenal of wand toys, we are always able to eke out at least a bit of interest in play — even from the most senior or placid of cats.

As a breed they are generally placid and will not normally make the first move.

Your rabbit will also enjoy being petted and will even do well in shows, as he will be placid and pleasant.

As domesticated dogs, many Shelties are naturally submissive and placid.

Active breeds such as Brittany spaniels have a much higher metabolic rate than more placid breeds.

While beginning its socialisation as early as possible is essential, a well trained Rottweiler will be a placid and good natured family pet, and several celebrities including Will Smith have made one part of their family.

So whilst you might have seen some relatively placid working line springers, if you buy one purely as a pet, you might well still be shocked when you end up with a turbo powered dog that has little to no interest in you once he gets through your front door and the wide world beckons.

As this article was being assembled, killer tornadoes, straight - line winds (a calming acronym for mini-tornadoes) were already hitting the Oklahoma City area, parts of Kansas and Arkansas with more floods as record breaking rainfall forced placid rivers to become raging torrentAs this article was being assembled, killer tornadoes, straight - line winds (a calming acronym for mini-tornadoes) were already hitting the Oklahoma City area, parts of Kansas and Arkansas with more floods as record breaking rainfall forced placid rivers to become raging torrentas record breaking rainfall forced placid rivers to become raging torrents.

This is one of the reasons that the Yorkshire Terrier is viewed as being a remarkably brave breed of dog, without the placid temperament that is often seen in many smaller dog breeds.

Some experienced breeders will say that male hamsters can be more placid, but it usually depends on the personality of the hamster as an individual!

The British Shorthair is a calm and placid cat that can be quite lazy, especially as it gets older.

Calm and placid, the Saint Bernard does not take up as much room in a house or apartment as a much smaller but more active dog.

The placid reflection of colored glass from the illuminated ceiling ripples as you plunge into the nurturing water.

Panajachel, the largest town, became known as a good - time outpost amid a ring of placid, traditional Maya villages.