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

First seen cycling his city’s streets day and night with a becalmed sense of ownership, Holland’s Roger is a die-hard Brooklynite none too happy with the smoothing over of his cherished neighborhoods by “obscene” money.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 5, 2025

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

For all his haste, Captain Eaton had missed the wind after all, and the Dolphin lay becalmed just off Wright’s Island.

From "The Witch of Blackbird Pond" by Elizabeth George Speare