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
The constitutional question, so vital for the past decade, seems becalmed after the general election result.
From BBC ● Dec. 20, 2024
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
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
“There’s not much to do on a becalmed ship but play cards,” he’d said.
From "The Interrupted Tale" by Maryrose Wood
