He had not anticipated that his placid existence was to undergo a sudden change.

He lives a placid existence with his teenage son, Shige, dreaming of remarrying.

Until then he appeared perfectly content with his placid existence.

To look for a janitor and fail to find him, petty annoyances will disturb your otherwise placid existence.

Happiness: he looked back on his own life, and saw a cheerful, placid existence disturbed by no great griefs or discomforts or alarms.

For Harry Vincent, himself, was leading an amazing life beneath the guise of placid existence.

He would happily have resigned himself to a placid existence where time stood still and everything happened in slow motion.

Can I adjust to an existence so placid and staid?

She liked her placid existence; she really did!

Their placid existence is shattered when Edouard suddenly decides to paint again.