The little German seemed a tad taken aback by her calm acceptance.

She was also amazed by his calm acceptance of his impending demise.

I sensed no panic, more the calm acceptance that comes with routine.

The only thing strange in her was her calm acceptance of the event.

Peter could find no fear anywhere in the soldier's eyes, only a calm acceptance.

But now the conflicts had ended, and Jack had reached the stage of calm acceptance.

The captain watched the rising barrier with calm acceptance, the knife easy in his hands.

I know there are men-andeven young girls-whocan meet their Maker with calm acceptance.

The calm acceptance seemed to be Brace's style, but she'd been afraid to test him.

Slowly the watching crowd drifted away, astonishment and fright already yielding to a calm acceptance.

The bold declaration had come without forethought, and Rhoda's calm acceptance of it delighted him.

In fact, Evelyn rather surprised her mother by what seemed a calm acceptance of the situation.

He had the same quiet smile, the same quiet humour, the same calm acceptance of life.

Jondalar preferred the anger to this calm acceptance.

A kind of calm acceptance took Hiam then.

There was a calm acceptance of terrible things that was part and parcel of Sanya's personality.