Etymology
Origin of 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
I only hope he will not make a mistake and becalm us till we get up to her.”
From The Three Midshipmen by Prout, Victor
Under two lower topsails and a reefed foresail the barque seemed to race with a long, steady sea that did not becalm her in the troughs.
From The Mirror of the Sea by Conrad, Joseph
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