Shan swore, briefly and with sincerity, flicked a glance at the falling fuel gauge and thence to the screens, which showed plain, placid sky all about.

Quentin looked at the placid sky as its rosy red brightened to a golden hue.

Or placid skies and sun?

Over, done with, swiftly, suddenly, no warning, the bullet singing through the air, the grenade rolling treacherously into the tent, the anvil falling from the placid sky.

There was a good half of the day left, and a placid grey sky with hardly a breath of wind.

The storm cleared, and the sun inched up into a placid blue sky to glint off a blanket of white.

The dust storm, driving between them and the placid sky, parted for a moment and showed them the stars.

Burgess returned a picture of a placid blue sky.

The shout cracked like lightning out of the placid sky.

Storm clouds rushed in, displacing the placid sky.