How to Use serenity in a Sentence

serenity

noun
  • Stay close to home to obtain a sense of serenity this month.
    Sonja Marie, Essence, 30 June 2020
  • The words that come to mind are peace, serenity and beauty.
    Dallas News, 17 Nov. 2022
  • Enjoy more calm and serenity with any of them in your home.
    Chris Hachey, BGR, 20 Apr. 2021
  • The leader opened the meeting with the serenity prayer and a moment of silence.
    Sarah Klein, Health.com, 16 Sep. 2019
  • The goal was to bring an airy feeling of serenity into the urban core.
    Dee Depass, Star Tribune, 21 July 2021
  • The pavers have been installed in the serenity garden and plantings went in last week.
    Erin Sauder, chicagotribune.com, 18 May 2017
  • So that serenity would be kind of a surprise to the character as well.
    Caitlin Huston, The Hollywood Reporter, 9 Sep. 2022
  • The heady and forward-looking serenity is too good to last.
    Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 24 Mar. 2023
  • Someone may be in a rush and could disrupt your peace and serenity.
    Tribune Content Agency, oregonlive, 9 Apr. 2021
  • The bitter bad makes such moments of serenity taste all the sweeter.
    Hannah Edgar, chicagotribune.com, 1 Apr. 2022
  • From the dinning room table chairs, to the warm blues and creamy whites, the house creates a sense of serenity.
    Hunter Boyce, ajc, 6 June 2022
  • The same sky that wrecks your normal can cover you with serenity the next day.
    Amanda Walker, al, 7 Nov. 2020
  • The muted colors in these photos add to their serenity and sense of joy.
    Lovia Gyarkye, Vogue, 21 Jan. 2021
  • There’s the quiet of peace and serenity, and the quiet of repression and shame.
    Jessica Kiang, Variety, 12 Mar. 2022
  • So this has become my serenity, to stand here like this and just look and take a photo.
    Christopher Borrelli, Chicago Tribune, 6 Aug. 2022
  • Now a fight is heating up over who should have access to that serenity.
    Ryan Lillis, sacbee, 27 Jan. 2018
  • These over-ears and earbuds will add some serenity to your day.
    Adrienne So, Wired, 28 Mar. 2021
  • Parking can be a pain, but the soothing waves bring serenity.
    Michael Mayo, sun-sentinel.com, 31 July 2019
  • But Vladimir Putin has also had to learn the serenity prayer.
    Holman W. Jenkins, Jr., WSJ, 15 Dec. 2023
  • And if that brings a little serenity now, that is special.
    The Enquirer, 28 Apr. 2022
  • May God grant you the strength and serenity to carry on your loved one legacy.
    Washington Post, 29 July 1998
  • There was a serenity that everyone was in the same rhythm—and to be less confronted with the stress of that world.
    Sarah Mower, Vogue, 6 Oct. 2020
  • The serenity that the audience may have enjoyed, the backstage crowd did not.
    Laird Borrelli-Persson, Vogue, 24 Dec. 2018
  • That’s a lot of money for a treehouse, to be sure, but who can put a price on serenity?
    Megan Barber, Curbed, 11 Dec. 2018
  • Peace goes hand-in-hand with things like serenity and kindness.
    Martha Sorren, Woman's Day, 1 June 2022
  • For a little more seclusion and serenity, check out the dune habitat.
    Christen A. Johnson, chicagotribune.com, 21 May 2018
  • Take a look at our picks for the best noise-cancelling headphones below and enjoy the serenity.
    Chris Hachey, BGR, 15 June 2021
  • When fixed with a time-stopping gaze, even the world’s largest city can yield moments of serenity.
    Washington Post, 16 Apr. 2021
  • Or maybe that serenity will come from simply ceasing to try to control the outcome.
    ELLE, 30 Nov. 2022
  • The campus turns inward, divided from the street by vestibules that shut chaos out and serenity in.
    Justin Davidson, Curbed, 23 Sep. 2021

Some of these examples are programmatically compiled from various online sources to illustrate current usage of the word 'serenity.' Any opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback about these examples.

Last Updated: