peaceful
[ˈpiːsfl]
Definition:
1. Not disturbed by strife or turmoil or war.
2. Peacefully resistant in response to injustice.
3. (of groups) not violent or disorderly.
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'peaceful' example sentence:
- Violence once again irrupted into their peaceful lives.
- All hopes of a peaceful settlement had now vanished.
- He then set out for Virginia for what he vainly hoped would be a peaceful retirement.
- In these surroundings, they are generally both peaceful and peaceable.
- The animals look peaceful and happy.
- There was a gleam of hope for a peaceful settlement.
- We have a very peaceful life, but boring sometimes.
- They are hopeful of bringing the siege to a peaceful conclusion.
- A peaceful demonstration had been hijacked by anarchists intent on causing trouble.
- The President agreed, adding that he hoped for a peaceful solution.
- With its simple decoration, the main bedroom is a peaceful haven.
- She stood at the door observing the peaceful domestic tableau around the fire.
- I am hungry for a peaceful life.
- This is not a peaceful world.
- We have a very peaceful live, but boring sometimes.
- Although he has sought to find a peaceful solution, he is facing pressure to use greater military force.
- She fell into a deep and peaceful slumber.
- It's so peaceful out here in the country.
- All seemed very peaceful and deserted and quiet.
- We want [need] a peaceful international environment.
- They emphasised that their equipment was for peaceful and not military purposes.
- He said it would not be all that difficult to reach a peaceful conclusion to the conflict.
- He applies eggshell chips to demonstrate the peaceful beauty of Southern China.
- It was one of the most peaceful and undisturbed places she had found.
- She had, at any rate, provided a peaceful and loving home for Harriet.
- The aims of the organization are wholly peaceful.
- The Chinese Foreign Minister was making every effort to secure a peaceful settlement.
- Conflict resolution is a peaceful way of trying to solve a conflict.
- One of the beauties of living here is that it's so peaceful.
- The riot began as a peaceful protest.
- They hope for a peaceful settlement of the dispute.
- The farmers staged a noisy but peaceful protest outside the headquarters of the organization.
- It wasn't the peaceful, composed experience I had expected.
- We must have the patience to continue to work until we will find a peaceful solution.
- Community leaders have renewed calls for a peaceful settlement.
- Did you sleep well? I didn't want to disturb you. You looked so peaceful.
- I was amazingly light-hearted and peaceful.
- He had a peaceful life.
- She lived a very peaceful life.
- The renewed violence this week hardly augurs well for smooth or peaceful change.
- There was a peaceful pitch invasion after Milan's eighth goal.
- He has attempted to find a peaceful solution to the Ossetian conflict.
- The prospects for a peaceful solution are dim.
- Congress has a responsibility to ensure that all peaceful options are exhausted before resort to war.
- The demonstration was an assertion of the right to peaceful protest.
- He could not imagine a more peaceful scene.