becalmed

Example Sentences

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TCL Film Machine, an AI-fueled film studio that was launched with great fanfare in 2024, appears becalmed, its webpage currently featuring to a single unclickable image.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 30, 2026

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

On an imaginary island off the coast of some enemy state that exists only in fantasy, a navy is becalmed.

From New York Times • Nov. 1, 2023

His desert-dry delivery and careful choice of words leaves many lines of questioning becalmed.

From BBC • Mar. 2, 2023

Her lips move the whole time as if she were doing her usual sullen, under-her-breath grumbling, but Yoyo knows she is casting a spell that will leave the men powerless, becalmed.

From "How the García Girls Lost Their Accents" by Julia Alvarez