| Horrocks seems placid but you get the feeling there's a fidgety jitteriness convulsing somewhere near the surface. |
| A quick-tempered man will react more aggressively to an unpleasing situation than a placid one. |
| Extroverts may become withdrawn, natural jokers humourless, and placid individuals short-tempered and aggressive. |
| Back in the saddle again, we go, folks, with all placid on the Y2K front, bogus threat that it was. |
| The placid grey door whisked open as he approached, admitting him to his dark cabin. |
| This was something entirely missing in the placid ' millpond ' climax of the television dramatization. |
