To Maggy's surprise, the beasts closest to the ladder moved placidly away, allowing him to reach the ground.

But he wasn't on the interstate, and on this four-lane highway the late rush-hour traffic moved placidly from light to light.

Gharkid moved placidly through hip-deep water, gathering useful algae.

For a moment, he stared at the Euphrates, as if seeking inspiration from its placidly moving waters.

On the other side of the counter the old woman moved placidly about in the shadows of her shop.

The attendants moved placidly about their work, now lost in bubbles, now emerging, froth-covered but undisturbed.

The strays, now augmented to some thirty head, moved placidly before him.

A split boulder was moving placidly toward him, and Hal was on it.

Strangely, Stan felt calm as the thing moved placidly their way.

They moved obediently and placidly in a close-order cluster of woolly backs.