becalm
Example Sentences
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“Every boundary is an illusion, constructed in order to becalm us, in order to give us the impressions of a definite place,” he has written.
From New York Times • Nov. 18, 2022
Even if this is true--can one flying man becalm Iran, North Korea and al-Qaeda?--he sounds as arrogant as a Wall Street CEO.
From Time • May 7, 2010
The fund also administers the Country House and Hospital, which is not equipped to accommodate any behavioral explosion since one of the principal missions here is to becalm.
From Time Magazine Archive
My Lord, I am making a sail according to your lordship's plan, to becalm the hull of the ship, but want sailcloth for completing it.
From The Life of Thomas, Lord Cochrane, Tenth Earl of Dundonald, Vol. II by Dundonald, Thomas Barnes Cochrane, Earl of
"Will, if you becalm us out here in this broiling sun when you've forgotten to bring the other oar to row with, I'll never forgive you," exclaimed Edna.
From Cricket at the Seashore by Richards, Harriet Roosevelt
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