becalmed
Britishadjective
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
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
Distracted by the recent death of his wife — whose loss he medicates by reading his sappy scribblings aloud to a rapt writing group — Sanders seems drained and becalmed.
From New York Times • Jun. 15, 2023
His desert-dry delivery and careful choice of words leaves many lines of questioning becalmed.
From BBC • Mar. 2, 2023
For all the close calls, she was in the same place she had been in for months: becalmed.
From "The Underground Railroad: A Novel" by Colson Whitehead
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