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balmy

[bah-mee] / ˈbɑ mi /




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He favors balmy tracks awash in warm synthesizers and gentle guitar, often with a thick beat underpinning it all.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 4, 2026

The shocking incident barely registered in the US news, dominated that balmy July 2 night by the wedding of pop superstar Taylor Swift at Madison Square Garden on the other side of Manhattan.

From Barron's ● Aug. 7, 2026

Flags can appear in the spirit of those balmy emotions – cue the World Cup.

From BBC ● Jun. 5, 2026

It’s 2 p.m. on a quintessentially balmy Los Angeles afternoon when I spot fashion designer Tory Burch in the lobby of the iconic Beverly Hills Hotel.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 14, 2026

Listening to Chopin after the helter-skelter psychological drama of Beethoven or the theatrical bravado of Berlioz, it is as if someone has opened a window and let in some fresh, balmy evening air.

From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall

Unfortunately, the same draws that make it a walkable gawk for touristas of every stripe makes it a frustrating exercise in perambulation for locals — kind of like New York’s Times Square with balmier weather.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 8, 2024

And that was balmier than had been predicted.

From Washington Post ● Jan. 2, 2022

Weather patterns can change because the colder poles warm faster than balmier lower latitudes.

From Economist ● Jul. 28, 2018

This winter’s extreme warmth was, in part, driven by an unusual number of storms in the Atlantic that brought balmier air to the Arctic.

From The Guardian ● Apr. 21, 2018

The air is decidedly balmier, but that's not all; there's a kind of buzzing energy.

From "What the Night Sings" by Vesper Stamper

Residents in Warsaw enjoyed the balmiest start to the year since 1999, with a high of 66 degrees Fahrenheit.

From New York Times ● Jan. 4, 2023

In London, where the lifting of restrictions coincided with the balmiest weather of the summer, sunbathers near Liverpool Station voiced a mixture of relief and anxiety as the country ventured into uncharted territory.

From New York Times ● Jul. 19, 2021

Their last studio album, 2011′s Hardcore Will Never Die, But You Will, piped up with some of the balmiest major key tunes Mogwai’s crafted to date.

From Time ● Jan. 24, 2014

Florida, ending one of its balmiest winters in history, last week greeted the spread of spring across the North with remarkable equanimity.

From Time Magazine Archive

The balmiest winds blowing soft where she steers,   The favor of heaven illuming her path-- She might sail as she pleased to the mild summer airs,   And avoid the dread regions of tempest and wrath.

From War Poetry of the South by Various




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