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

Instead Root becalmed the situation with flawless defence, perfect judgement and endless determination.

From BBC • Feb. 23, 2024

But it’s Mollie’s visage, radiant and eerily becalmed even when she’s bedridden, that keeps drawing your gaze; she’s the faint-flickering beam of light in a story of near-impenetrable darkness.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 19, 2023

Though De Roller is in constant motion — by foot, jet ski and prop plane as well as his cream-colored Mercedes — he is a curiously becalmed, passive figure.

From New York Times • Feb. 16, 2023

For all his haste, Captain Eaton had missed the wind after all, and the Dolphin lay becalmed just off Wright’s Island.

From "The Witch of Blackbird Pond" by Elizabeth George Speare