becalmed
Example Sentences
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She recounts being jerked from sleep by the screams of alarms when First Light is becalmed.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 24, 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
"We count on the American Tailwind and, though it has been becalmed from time to time, its propelling force has always returned," Buffett wrote.
From Reuters ● Feb. 25, 2023
For all the close calls, she was in the same place she had been in for months: becalmed.
From "The Underground Railroad: A Novel" by Colson Whitehead
