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

Recent Examples on the Web The Emmy winner shared her perspective on the calm before the storm in a minute-long video shared to X (formerly Twitter) on Tuesday evening. Alexandra Del Rosario, Los Angeles Times, 3 July 2024 Easy is comfortable in his 50th year, but for a man like him, this is just the calm before the storm. Paula L. Woods, Los Angeles Times, 19 June 2024 The apparent quiet in Iraq could well turn out to be the calm before the storm. Michael Knights, Foreign Affairs, 5 June 2023 Today’s daily digit A somewhat subjective rating of the day’s weather, on a scale of 0 to 10. 6/10: Sunny, seasonable and the calm before the storm. Jason Samenow, Washington Post, 8 Jan. 2024 See all Example Sentences for the calm/lull before the storm 

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