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- noun Plural form of
tranquility , alternative spelling oftranquillity .
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Examples
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We need at least seventy-two hours of tranquilities for the sake of the children of Lebanon and northern Israel who, I believe, we all agree are the innocent victims of this escalating conflict.
A Billion Lives Jan Egeland 2008
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We need at least seventy-two hours of tranquilities for the sake of the children of Lebanon and northern Israel who, I believe, we all agree are the innocent victims of this escalating conflict.
A Billion Lives Jan Egeland 2008
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We need at least seventy-two hours of tranquilities for the sake of the children of Lebanon and northern Israel who, I believe, we all agree are the innocent victims of this escalating conflict.
A Billion Lives Jan Egeland 2008
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And thus, through the serene tranquilities of the tropical sea, among waves whose hand-clappings were suspended by exceeding rapture, Moby Dick moved on, still withholding from sight the full terrors of his submerged trunk, entirely hiding the wrenched hideousness of his jaw.
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As for formal planning, it seems better suited to the tranquilities of peacetime than the disruptiveness of war, especially unforeseen war.
The Rise and Fall of Strategic Planning HENRY MINTZBERG 1994
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As for formal planning, it seems better suited to the tranquilities of peacetime than the disruptiveness of war, especially unforeseen war.
The Rise and Fall of Strategic Planning HENRY MINTZBERG 1994
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I felt then the raptures of my bondage, from the tranquilities of selfless service to the ecstasy of a slave's sexual surrender to the dominant male, the master.
Kajira Of Gor Norman, John, 1931- 1983
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Then he went to the open window, and looked out, almost as vacuously, over the unbroken blue distance of the Mediterranean, trembling into soft ribbons of silver where the wind rippled its surface, yellowing into a fluid gold towards the path of the lowering sun, deepening, again, into a brooding turquoise along the flat rim of the sea to the southward where the twin tranquilities of sky and water met.
Phantom Wires A Novel Arthur Stringer 1912
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Already the short tranquilities of the present began to exert for her their effacing charm over the long agitations of the past.
Antonina Wilkie Collins 1856
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That's why I was By Earl D.C. Bracamonte, C.ntributor 03/05/2010 "Yet it is, nevertheless, a prospect of much charm that I unfold for you - long tranquilities during which you will observe a sunset
WN.com - Articles related to With spring, migratory birds fly out of Kashmir 2010
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