becalms

present tense third-person singular of becalm

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for becalms
Verb
  • Research shows that spending time in green spaces calms the nervous system and reduces stress.
    Jessica DuLong, CNN Money, 5 Sep. 2025
  • Cibrian runs lines with Rimes and calms his wife's nerves on the set.
    Bryan Alexander, USA Today, 3 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • The fragrance-free cream offers a big hit of hydration thanks to ceramides, niacinamide, glycerin, and the brand’s signature thermal spring water, which soothes the skin.
    Allure, Allure, 30 Aug. 2025
  • The park soothes me during hard times, celebrates my victories, gives me a quiet place to think, inspires me and keeps me healthy.
    Roger Naylor, AZCentral.com, 29 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • Jarmusch lulls us into thinking this part will be the exception to the theme of virtual estrangement, just through the bond between the twins that seems to return instantly after an unspecified but seemingly considerable amount of time apart.
    David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 31 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • Genji visits these woods before his exile to Suma and composes a poem wishing that the forest might one day see the injustice against him reversed.
    Lauren Groff, The Atlantic, 20 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • As dusk falls, the Himalayas blush pink, and the village quiets—wrapped in mountain shadow, the hush broken only by distant chanting and wind.
    Lewis Nunn, Forbes.com, 24 Aug. 2025
  • But when that noise quiets, the brain doesn’t just go idle.
    Lauryn Higgins, Flow Space, 13 Aug. 2025
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“Becalms.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/becalms. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.

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