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

To watch him perform even as purely lyrical a song as Schubert’s “Meeresstille,” a setting of Goethe’s poem about a ship becalmed at sea, was to see a master actor at work.

From New York Times • Jun. 4, 2023

“I told you nine years ago you were becalmed, didn’t I? And you are. Your indenture’s almost over—but what can you do? Keep on working in a chandlery, like as not.”

From "Carry On, Mr. Bowditch" by Jean Lee Latham