calmy
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of calmy
Example Sentences
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Monk calmy sank both free throws to put the Kings ahead by three.
From Seattle Times • Nov. 8, 2023
I did see some skirmishes between the rioters and Capitol police, but I also saw officers talking calmy, and even offering rioters directions.
From Slate • Jul. 29, 2021
As Lombardy, Sarsgaard calmy captures thought in action and keeps two ideas going cinematically at the same time: an absorption in chess and a devotion to the human side of life.
From The New Yorker • Sep. 16, 2015
Where ev'ry calmy morn I'll stand, And ere one sheep out of my fold I tell, Sad Willy's pipe shall bid his friend farewell.
From Pastoral Poems by Nicholas Breton, Selected Poetry by George Wither, and Pastoral Poetry by William Browne (of Tavistock) by Tutin, J. R.
It seems wonderful to me, not so much because it was done as because it was done by the man who, some time ago, calmy announced to me that he was going to do it.
From Active Service by Crane, Stephen
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