The blur of her hand is the only thing stirring what is otherwise a placid scene.

The thin whine of a com-unit alert penetrated the placid scene.

The holodeck shimmered into life, and a placid scene from the world of Tiburon took form.

Either way, it is possible to read the movement's influence into his placid scenes of rural (or suburban) life.

It was the only unsettling note in the whole placid scene.

He was sweating profusely and although his eyes were wide open and staring they no longer took in the placid scene before him.

It was much the same, with explosions near and far in an otherwise placid scene.

Afternoon was waning; soon twilight crept over the placid scene.

The site of the long siege presented a remarkably placid scene today.

But that placid scene is likely to change soon, as developers have discovered the area.