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calms

  • present tense form
    of calm (3rd person singular).
    calm
    adjective
    without rough motion; still or nearly still.

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He even calms people that think they don’t like dogs.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 17, 2026

At the same time, your brain’s amygdala, or fear and emotion center, calms down and its prefrontal cortex, which governs rational thought, amps up.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 27, 2026

I’m more of a stresser, and he calms me down.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 14, 2026

"I know in time when this all calms, Mo will go, 'I shouldn't have said that. Maybe I shouldn't have said that. I was a bit emotional, I was a bit hasty'."

From BBC ● Dec. 10, 2025

I must sound wild with worry for Gabriel at once calms me.

From "Beast Rider" by Tony Johnston & María Elena Fontanot de Rhoads