| 1. | The day was ending in a serenity of still and exquisite brilliance. - from Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad |
| 2. | She longed for the serenity they might gradually introduce and on Mr. - from Emma by Jane Austen |
| 3. | A look of fear crossed his face, but he regained his serenity immediately. - from Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy |
| 4. | Cosette's serenity was fully restored. - from Les Miserables by Victor Hugo |
| 5. | Forthwith a change came over the waters, and the serenity became less brilliant but more profound. - from Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad |
| 6. | That night was a beautiful serenity save for one planet, the moon seemed to have the sky to herself. - from The War of the Worlds by H. G. Wells |
| 7. | But the trouble was the blank incongruity of this serenity and the swift death flying yonder, not two miles away. - from The War of the Worlds by H. G. Wells |
| 8. | Still, the same quiet life went on at the little cottage, and the same cheerful serenity prevailed among its inmates. - from Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens |
| 9. | They live alternately on the crest of the wave and in the depths, and rob the home of that serenity which is essential to harmony. - from How to Analyze People on Sight by Elsie Lincoln Benedict and Ralph Paine Benedict |