calm down
Example Sentences
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“I think he needs to calm down a bit, that anxiety that sometimes he has to prove himself,” said Spain midfielder Rodri.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 14, 2026
The benign way for such convergence would be for Nasdaq-100 stocks to calm down, allowing VXN to slide back towards VIX.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 9, 2026
In another less courageous version, Carmy would simply learn to delegate and calm down rather than admit there was no healthy way forward for him at the Bear.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 29, 2026
Blake says he misses his best friend and the teachers, and how the staff would let him draw when he needed to calm down.
From BBC ● Jun. 1, 2026
Okay, I thought as I worked to calm down my racing heart, I was in a blacksmith’s shop, and judging from the rudimentary-looking tools hanging on the wall, I was somewhere in the 1700s.
From "Glitch" by Laura Martin
