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Recent Examples of becalm Within an hour of pushing off, though, we were becalmed and drifted straight toward Faith Hill’s house. Porter Fox, New York Times, 18 Dec. 2019 But if the world’s major central banks are moving in lockstep and bond yields are becalmed at low levels, there’s less opportunity to make money. Washington Post, 21 Nov. 2019 Eighteenth-century sailors referred to this part of the Atlantic as the horse latitudes because, the story goes, ships would get becalmed there and have to dump their horses overboard as freshwater supplies dwindled. David Doubilet, National Geographic, 12 June 2019 But with his party becalmed at around just 20% in the polls, Mr Sánchez wants his Socialists, with just 84 of the 350 seats in parliament, to govern alone for an unspecified period. The Economist, 31 May 2018 In some of Paglen’s works, drones are seen as nothing more than a dark speck against a backdrop of becalming gray or sun-gold clouds, a way of denoting their possibly sinister near invisibility in our world. Stephanie Zacharek, Time, 31 May 2018 What is the value of clean, unchemical thinking, and where’s the narrative rush of a life becalmed? Beth Kephart, chicagotribune.com, 2 Apr. 2018 This becalmed, majestic figure feels like a monument or a memorial, an avatar of female authority whose glamour, while alluring, telegraphs depth rather than surface. Rhonda Garelick, The Cut, 14 Feb. 2018
Recent Examples of Synonyms for becalm
Verb
  • The low was expected to be 78, with winds expected to calm after midnight.
    Staff reports, AZCentral.com, 5 Sep. 2025
  • His calming eye easily moves between fashion design and interior design, underscoring the close, sometimes intimate, relationship between the two disciplines.
    Joseph Giovannini, Architectural Digest, 4 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Markopoulos might include a warm bath or shower, reading a physical book, listening to soothing music, or drinking a caffeine free herbal tea.
    Bryan Robinson, Forbes.com, 6 Sep. 2025
  • The beef is tender, and the broth has that nice aromatic spice that is immediately soothing and associated with a classic beef noodle soup.
    Shindy Chen, Charlotte Observer, 5 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • In one lovely scene later in the film, a friend lulls her to sleep, his face appearing in a video call on her laptop.
    Jourdain Searles, HollywoodReporter, 9 Sep. 2025
  • According to a new survey, one method that seems to work well is playing soothing music to help lull the baby into sleep.
    Elisabeth Sherman, Parents, 4 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • While the designer version was composed entirely of cotton, these are 70 percent cotton and 30 percent polyester.
    Olivia Young, Travel + Leisure, 9 Sep. 2025
  • Displayed in the same first-floor gallery, Because (2018) comprises artworks composed of photographs in wooden frames under a curtain embroidered with a phrase explaining what triggered her photographic act.
    Natasha Gural, Forbes.com, 9 Sep. 2025

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“Becalm.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/becalm. Accessed 11 Sep. 2025.

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