(a.) Calm; placid; undisturbed; unruffled; as, a serene aspect; a serene soul.
(n.) Serenity; clearness; calmness.
(n.) Evening air; night chill.
(v. t.) To make serene.
Example Sentences:
(1) Photograph: KHIZR KHAN This sombre, serene oasis overlooking the Potomac river might also prove the graveyard of Donald Trump’s ambitions for the US presidency.
(2) Miklos Haraszti, whom I encountered in Budapest, had the looks of a small Spanish grandee in some Velázquez painting; dark, unnervingly handsome, serene.
(3) As to Beyoncé herself, Hamilton had nothing but praise: "She is a very smart, serene lady … utterly charming and focused."
(4) In the end, after a life of serial duplicity, innocent and otherwise, he found serenity.
(5) The life of this once serene and resilient woman has been wrecked.
(6) To Mogulof, Mayer almost believed she could charm the Nazis the way she had once-hypnotized her homeland: The ability to endure suffering while showing a serene and confident face came from years of managing a celebrity status.
(7) Here, it’s easy to make yourself comfortable in the sweet, slightly whimsical bedrooms that open onto a serene, tree-filled courtyard.
(8) Then followed a serene procession of coaches towards a distant detention camp in north-west Turkey, as watching residents expressed relief that no refugees would be settled in their pretty seaside town.
(9) Chelsea’s progress into the knockout phase proved serene to the last.
(10) "), or Mrs Wilfer, after placing Bella in the magnificent coach of the Boffins, continuing to "air herself … in a kind of splendidly serene trance on the top step" for the benefit of the neighbours.
(11) But the serene image masks a politician who has spent much time as chancellor consolidating her place in the CDU, removing rivals and forcing others out.
(12) But the scene in the 250-seater conference centre on an unassuming cobbled mews in central London was a far more serene affair.
(13) For two serene months after Donald Trump announced in March that he was forming a presidential exploratory committee, he failed to register in national political polls.
(14) I'm still serene because I'm sure we will have a chance to be judged on the facts.
(15) Guests, who included Margaret Thatcher, Bill Clinton and Bill Gates, said the serenity encouraged candidness and conviviality.
(16) 'I greet the year 1968 with serenity,' he announced, brimming with self-satisfaction.
(17) There’s no bitterness or vitriol on show here, musically at least, with Bowman’s laidback vocals gliding serenely over a juddering, stop-start beat that eventually disintegrates.
(18) Working for nothing and reliant on his family, Niemeyer transformed the Corbusier scheme into the serene, high-rise building that adorns Rio today.
(19) He says that drugs are being used “to mask the brutality of executions by making them look serene and peaceful – like something any one of us might experience in our final moments … But executions are, in fact, nothing like that.
(20) Manchester City and Chelsea have been comparatively serene in, unlike Arsenal and United, completing much of their transfer business.
Unruffled
Definition:
(a.) Not ruffled or agitated; smooth; calm; tranquil; quiet.
Example Sentences:
(1) Local media: “This was low behaviour.” Also unruffled Croatia: Dinamo Zagreb owner Zdravko Mamic – still awaiting trial for fraud and bribery – stripping at a wedding while singing hits from the 80s , including regional turbo-folk classic: “No one can hurt us … We’re stronger than fate, those who don’t like us can only hate.” Mamic denies wrongdoing.
(2) There might have been a grandstand finish had Jordan Cook’s overhit cross not pinged back off inside of the post just before the hour but City were largely left unruffled.
(3) The CNIL report was applauded by privacy groups, though the US search company remained unruffled.
(4) Facing scores of reporters and TV crews on the steps of the Royal Courts of Justice following the judgment, Miller was unruffled.
(5) Having relocated to the technical area, he remained similarly unruffled as Benteke headed Palace in front following Zaha’s angled cross.
(6) Mike Read, broadcaster Facebook Twitter Pinterest Mike Read The leaders’ debate awards 2015 Nick Clegg: Jazz Hands Award Nigel Farage: No Party Whip Telling Me What to Say Award Ed Miliband: When I’m PM Award David Cameron: Unruffled by Heckler Award Nick Clegg: Mentioning Johnny Seven Times Award Natalie Bennett: Avoiding Mentioning Her Policy of Abolishing The Monarchy and putting The Queen in a Council House Award Nicola Sturgeon: Avoiding Mentioning Her Policy of the Abolition of the House of Lords Award
(7) Cruz's own suit remained unruffled throughout, although at one stage Kansas senator Pat Roberts appeared with his tie hanging at half mast.
(8) They are unruffled by scepticism: In the middle of one interview, Mayer forgot a detail and yelled towards the door, “Cheryl, who said to you, ‘That’s just not how we do it?’” Dyer hollered back from the other room.
(9) He was unaware of the real estate tycoon’s utterances and entirely unruffled when informed.
(10) In the runup to the US presidential election of 2008, I read that Barack Obama worked on exaggerating the calm, unruffled delivery of his public speaking because the merest hint of heated emotion from a black man would be read by the public as a sign of temper, a hint of violence.
(11) When I ask if she thinks she is overpaid, she's quite unruffled: "I could earn more elsewhere, I know, and I've not gone down that route.
(12) Leaving the EU is a win-win, he promised them, unruffled all the while, unequivocal.
(13) An unruffled Cameron, who met Helmand's governor, Gulab Mangal, later ate a burger with ketchup and a salad.
(14) Slender and curiously asexual, the seven twentysomething men appear unruffled by the wall of screams that greets them.
(15) The eldest child of four, he had a comfortable, apparently unruffled childhood in the prosperous suburbs of south Manchester.
(16) However, the former mayor of London appeared unruffled by the attacks on his character, and stuck to the line that a vote to leave would “take back control of our democracy” – a sentiment that was warmly received by the studio audience.
(17) But Democrats will not be dismayed either with Obama's unruffled performance.
(18) It’s nothing for us.” Guengueng seems unruffled by the fact that Habré greeted the announcement of the adjournment by punching the air and giving the V-for-Victory salute to a group of cheering supporters.
(19) Rumours of bungs Mandaric, in his own long and largely unruffled evidence, described bungs as "illicit payments by agents, to managers and club officials, to act against the best interests of the club".
(20) Ali, looking utterly unruffled, sweeps the third ball for a single.