BECALM in a Sentence

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Example sentences for BECALM, such as:

1. The doctor becalmed the agitated patient.
2. The warm air will becalm the choppy waves.
3. The two ships becalmed on a torpid sea, I believed to be marine phantoms.
4. The Stock Market was becalmed yesterday as dealers waited for company results.
5. They had come together unavoidably, like two ships becalmed near each other, and lay rubbing sides at last.

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 Meanings and Examples of BECALM
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
becalm
 v.  keep from motion, or stop progress of; make calm or still
Classic Sentence:
1  The two ships becalmed on a torpid sea, I believed to be marine phantoms.
Jane Eyre By Charlotte Bronte
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER I
2  They had come together unavoidably, like two ships becalmed near each other, and lay rubbing sides at last.
Heart of Darkness By Joseph Conrad
Context  Highlight   In III
Example Sentence:
1  The warm air will becalm the choppy waves.
2  The doctor becalmed the agitated patient.
3  The Stock Market was becalmed yesterday as dealers waited for company results.