the calm/lull before the storm
noun phrase
: a period of quiet that comes before a time of activity, excitement, violence, etc.
Examples of the calm/lull before the storm in a Sentence
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The economy: Is this a soft landing or the calm before the storm?
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Alan Murray, Fortune, 28 Aug. 2023
Outside observers worry, however, that this is merely the calm before the storm: satellite imagery has detected a buildup of military infrastructure on both sides, particularly the Chinese side.
—Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 14 Aug. 2023
While the pressure on North American ports is currently abated and logistics constraints eases, this is the calm before the storm.
—Lora Cecere, Forbes, 2 May 2022
This weekend at the Del Mar Thoroughbred Club is the calm before the storm.
—Bill Center, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 Aug. 2021
Despite the track’s turbulent title and ride from recording studio to Recording Academy, Nascent learned to embrace the calm before the storm.
—Heran Mamo, Billboard, 1 Apr. 2022
That big project was sort of the calm before the storm.
—Alva Claire, Vogue, 2 Mar. 2022
But why not skip all that debauchery and visit sunny Palm Springs this month instead, during the calm before the storm?
—Leena Kim, Town & Country, 10 Jan. 2022
Here's to the calm before the storm of being parents to two gremlins.
—Benjamin Vanhoose, PEOPLE.com, 17 Sep. 2021
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Alan Murray, Fortune, 28 Aug. 2023
Outside observers worry, however, that this is merely the calm before the storm: satellite imagery has detected a buildup of military infrastructure on both sides, particularly the Chinese side.
—Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 14 Aug. 2023
While the pressure on North American ports is currently abated and logistics constraints eases, this is the calm before the storm.
—Lora Cecere, Forbes, 2 May 2022
This weekend at the Del Mar Thoroughbred Club is the calm before the storm.
—Bill Center, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 Aug. 2021
Despite the track’s turbulent title and ride from recording studio to Recording Academy, Nascent learned to embrace the calm before the storm.
—Heran Mamo, Billboard, 1 Apr. 2022
That big project was sort of the calm before the storm.
—Alva Claire, Vogue, 2 Mar. 2022
But why not skip all that debauchery and visit sunny Palm Springs this month instead, during the calm before the storm?
—Leena Kim, Town & Country, 10 Jan. 2022
Here's to the calm before the storm of being parents to two gremlins.
—Benjamin Vanhoose, PEOPLE.com, 17 Sep. 2021
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