History was not reassuring: even the most peaceable of contacts between races at very different cultural levels had often resulted in the obliteration of the more backward society.

Underpopulated Shivenink was reputed the most peaceable of the northern nations.

The most peaceable way for you, if you do take a thief, is, to let him show himself what he is and steal out of your company.

My attitude was most peaceable.

It was the most peaceable way to shut down violence.

Even the most peaceable of men and women would commit the most violent crimes under their influence.

A swarm of bees is the most peaceable convocation imaginable.

You must find the most peaceable of your tribe, Boots, and bring them to the cave.

Folk artists like Grandma Moses remembered it as the most peaceable of rural kingdoms.

The primatologist Karen Strier found that they are among the most peaceable, egalitarian primates on earth.