Serene

Examples

• Is it lovely, and gentle, and beautiful, and pleasant, and serene, and joyful? Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• But so from rough outsides (I hope I have learnt), serene and gentle influences often proceed. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• The guide was perfectly serene. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• All these must be overcome--that is to say, a man must no longer be living for himself--before life can become serene. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• We were angry; but the doctor was always serene, always smooth-voiced. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• The vista of street and bridge was plain to see, and the sky was serene and beautiful. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
• Mrs. Jellyby merely added, with the serene composure with which she said everything, Go along, you naughty Peepy! Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• It cannot be good to act rashly, said Rosamond, with serene wisdom. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
• He never looked so serene as he did then. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
• Into what a new region would such a confidence have led that hale, serene nature! Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
• To sit with her in sight was happiness, and the proper happiness, for early morning--serene, incomplete, but progressive. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• The weather during our journey had been serene. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
• Though portly, she was alert, and though serene, she was at times impetuous--good health and an excellent temperament kept her green as in her spring. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
• Night was come, and her planets were risen: a safe, still night: too serene for the companionship of fear. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
• For the touch of grief will render My wild nature more serene, Give to life new aspirations, A new trust in the unseen. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
• They are all fat and serene. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• All was serene, burning, annihilating. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
• This she would always do with a serene contempt for our limited sphere of action, not to be disguised. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• MY BETH Sitting patient in the shadow Till the blessed light shall come, A serene and saintly presence Sanctifies our troubled home. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
• Mr. Bulstrode was conscious of being in a good spiritual frame and more than usually serene, under the influence of his innocent recreation. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
• This thought calmed me, cheered me, and I sank down, limp and exhausted, upon the summit, but happy, so happy and serene within. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• The temperamental philosopher thinks the scientist serene, but that his serenity springs not from lack of trouble, but from incapacity to grasp and deal with h is own private grief. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
• When they had finished tea, the two girls sat on, silent and serene. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
• It was moonlight and gaslight besides, and very still and serene. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
• The face was in repose; but it was rather rest after weariness, than the serene calm of the countenance of one who led a placid, contented life. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
• She took her mind away with a wrench from the recollection of the past to the bright serene contemplation of the hopeful future. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
• As bright-eyed as ever, as serene, and as untidy, she would say, Well, Caddy, child, and how do you do to-day? Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• I was about to observe that I again behold the serene spot where some of the happiest hours of my existence fleeted by. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
• The evening was warm and serene, and we prolonged our walk farther than usual. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
• Helped out by the Courier and some half-dozen of the hotel servants, he was passing through the hall with a serene magnificence, when lo! Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.

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