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

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

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

From BBC • Mar. 2, 2023

“We count on the American Tailwind and, though it has been becalmed from time to time, its propelling force has always returned,” he wrote.

From New York Times • Feb. 25, 2023

But Hatsue feared, walking home over forest trails from Mrs. Shigemura’s, that despite her training she was not becalmed.

From "Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel" by David Guterson