1
as in soothed
to free from distress or disturbance
the president's reassuring words did much to calm the public during the national emergency
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as in contained
to gain emotional or mental control of
he calmed himself before continuing the eulogy
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Recent Examples of calmed
Enough time passed and my parents calmed down.
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Literary Hub, 27 Apr. 2026
The recent decline comes as ceasefire talks in the Iran war have calmed the bond market and pulled the 10-year Treasury yield, the main driver of mortgage rates, back down.
—Tim Maxwell, CBS News, 27 Apr. 2026
Mines, Blockades, and $4 Gas The Pentagon’s public posture has not calmed energy markets.
—Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 23 Apr. 2026
Brubaker, still perturbed about Wolcott calling time, immediately yelled at Wolcott and had to be calmed down by Susac.
—Justice Delos Santos, Mercury News, 16 Apr. 2026
McAdoo calmed down, and no one brought it up again.
—Josh Owens, HollywoodReporter, 14 Apr. 2026
As more information has come out, the concerns have calmed.
—Nick Harris
april 13, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 13 Apr. 2026
But Rutherford said as soon as comms were established, things calmed for a second.
—Brad Lendon, CNN Money, 12 Apr. 2026
Elsewhere in the region, reported airstrikes calmed over the past day except in Lebanon.
—Arkansas Online, 12 Apr. 2026
Literary Hub, 27 Apr. 2026
The recent decline comes as ceasefire talks in the Iran war have calmed the bond market and pulled the 10-year Treasury yield, the main driver of mortgage rates, back down.
—Tim Maxwell, CBS News, 27 Apr. 2026
Mines, Blockades, and $4 Gas The Pentagon’s public posture has not calmed energy markets.
—Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 23 Apr. 2026
Brubaker, still perturbed about Wolcott calling time, immediately yelled at Wolcott and had to be calmed down by Susac.
—Justice Delos Santos, Mercury News, 16 Apr. 2026
McAdoo calmed down, and no one brought it up again.
—Josh Owens, HollywoodReporter, 14 Apr. 2026
As more information has come out, the concerns have calmed.
—Nick Harris
april 13, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 13 Apr. 2026
But Rutherford said as soon as comms were established, things calmed for a second.
—Brad Lendon, CNN Money, 12 Apr. 2026
Elsewhere in the region, reported airstrikes calmed over the past day except in Lebanon.
—Arkansas Online, 12 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for calmed
Verb
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The tap-tap-tap hammering up and down my spine and around my shoulder blades actually soothed me nearly to sleep.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
23 Apr. 2026
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Irrational fears can’t be soothed by logic.—
Calvin Kasulke,
Literary Hub,
10 Apr. 2026
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The scientists found both were composed of a fibrous material that contained many stinging cells called spirocysts, which belong exclusively to the branch of aquatic invertebrates known as cnidarians.—
Adam Kovac,
Scientific American,
23 Apr. 2026
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Firefighters in northern Colorado contained a small wildfire burning near Horsetooth Reservoir west of Fort Collins on Thursday night and lifted evacuation orders east of the reservoir.—
Katie Langford,
Denver Post,
23 Apr. 2026
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Choose from a variety of massage styles and sink into the experience while being gently rocked and lulled by the sounds of the sea.—
Carley Rojas Avila,
Travel + Leisure,
15 Apr. 2026
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Last year, many were convinced American politics would be destabilized by videos manipulated by artificial intelligence, or lulled into a post-truth stupor by AI slop.—
Ben Smith,
semafor.com,
9 Feb. 2026
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The Balcony is textbook Manet—grand in ambition, ingeniously composed, visually charismatic, and socially unfathomable.—
Susan Tallman,
The New York Review of Books,
25 Apr. 2026
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The federation says the incident prompted internal change, noting that 50% percent of its board of directors is now composed of women, who are also in several top managerial positions.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
24 Apr. 2026
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Now, even as the guns have temporarily quieted, the core conditions that led to the war remain unchanged — leaving negotiators to grapple with the same unresolved question at the heart of the conflict.—
Efrat Lachter,
FOXNews.com,
23 Apr. 2026
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While that quieted the noise for the timebeing back in late February, the process was just beginning for Aubrey ahead of free agency.—
Nick Harris,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
21 Apr. 2026
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Both agencies appeased a murderer.—
Boston Herald editorial staff,
Boston Herald,
18 Mar. 2026
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There also are a lot of people who need to be appeased to put the show together, so some habits are going to die harder than others.—
Dominic Patten,
Deadline,
15 Mar. 2026
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“Calmed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/calmed. Accessed 29 Apr. 2026.
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