becalmed

Example Sentences

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The merger, coming at a time when the drinks industry is becalmed, would offer savings for investment to get some momentum into struggling sales, Jefferies analyst Edward Mundy told clients in a note.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 27, 2026

The constitutional question, so vital for the past decade, seems becalmed after the general election result.

From BBC • Dec. 20, 2024

At key moments, the movie breaks with realism entirely, drawing us into its heroine’s subconscious with surreal yet oddly becalmed flourishes.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 13, 2023

Distracted by the recent death of his wife — whose loss he medicates by reading his sappy scribblings aloud to a rapt writing group — Sanders seems drained and becalmed.

From New York Times • Jun. 15, 2023

With each wave the boat was lifted high into the frenzy of the hurricane and then dropped into the trough, where it was almost becalmed.

From "Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World" by Jennifer Armstrong