Soft whispering airs . . . becalm the mind. From LearnThat.org. [Philips]
Verb (used with object) : The schooner was becalmed in the horse latitudes for two weeks. From Dictionary.com.
The government's announcement, however, did nothing to becalm the rand or bond market. From Wordnik.com. [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference
With the wind already sapping from Forest's sails, the goal seem to becalm them completely. From Wordnik.com. [Lloyd Sam strikes again to earn Leeds a point against Nottingham Forest] Reference
An imprisoned man who asks for an Italian book to becalm his fever may be safely presumed to know that language. From Wordnik.com. [Fray Luis de León A Biographical Fragment] Reference
The Cats are underdogs for sure, but that unjustifiably huge spread is going to help motivate them and becalm the Pokes. From Wordnik.com. [End up like a 'dog that's been beat too much (Jack Bog's Blog)] Reference
Eventually, sheer physical exhaustion forces you to stop, to settle, to becalm yourself amidst all the mad turbulence of bereavement. From Wordnik.com. [The Pursuit of Happiness] Reference
One of the great things about the writing process for me is I don't really know the characters yet or indeed whether the plot will becalm one of them. From Wordnik.com. [:Acquired Taste] Reference
The sun sets earlier in London than it did in Liverpool, an unexpected treat and one that helps becalm the city at its most frantic and frenetic period. From Wordnik.com. [Cool it] Reference
In one report we had an Olympic swimming pool holding a meagre 1000 megalitres - a waist-high depth that would becalm Eamon Sullivan ( 'Angel', 4, drowns as plastic dam wall fails, page 17, November 25). From Wordnik.com. [Craig Silverman: The Year in Media Errors and Corrections 2008] Reference
The way this government is attacking my liberties no amount of antacids will becalm my ulcer, so a man in a position as influential as he is had better get his priorities straight if he wants to avoid my ire. From Wordnik.com. [Is there any Z list celebrity TV challenge that Lembit Opik won't do ?] Reference
"Madam, though the humors of Bath be but a diversion to our contumely, I will not presume on your generosity to the extent of belittling those very qualities which, while they do us but scant justice before the evil tongues of the town, nevertheless becalm the odious, and bring success to fools.". From Wordnik.com. [An Autobiography]
Macca has used his tiny organ to becalm a child, he claims. From Wordnik.com. [No Rock And Roll Fun] Reference
Neu-becalm'd, safe, proven, 100\% natural help for insomnia. en Español. From Wordnik.com. [Yahoo! Answers: Latest Questions] Reference
"Sister, sister!" exclaimed Joel, "becalm, I beseech you, and hear what Mister Sylvius has to say.". From Wordnik.com. [Ticket No. "9672"] Reference
I do not think it would becalm me to watch owls, while wearing night-vision goggles, in the depths of the forest. From Wordnik.com. [Hooting Yard] Reference
I am making a sail according to your lordship's plan, to becalm the hull of the ship, but want sailcloth for completing it. From Wordnik.com. [The Life of Thomas, Lord Cochrane, Tenth Earl of Dundonald, Vol. II] Reference
In one report we had an Olympic swimming pool holding a meagre 1000 megalitres - a waist-high depth that would becalm Eamon Sullivan. From Wordnik.com. [Regret the Error] Reference
Under two lower topsails and a reefed foresail the barque seemed to race with a long, steady sea that did not becalm her in the troughs. From Wordnik.com. [The Mirror of the Sea] Reference
The lulling sounds of the waterfall, the fragrance and the dusk combined to becalm my spirits, and, in a short time, to sink me into sleep. From Wordnik.com. [Wieland: or, the Transformation, an American Tale] Reference
"Will, if you becalm us out here in this broiling sun when you've forgotten to bring the other oar to row with, I'll never forgive you," exclaimed Edna. From Wordnik.com. [Cricket at the Seashore] Reference
That limitation sometimes threatens to becalm the story, but the movie ends powerfully, with a sudden pileup of fright, death and a disconcerting glimpse of beauty. From Wordnik.com. [NPR Topics: News] Reference
Park also worried that constraining the plant to improve on one particular competitive dimension would itself begin to becalm the plant on its journey of improvement. From Wordnik.com. [Recently Uploaded Slideshows] Reference
Kitaro is drawn into an intrigue which is seeing young women disappear courtesy of an unhappy spirit and embarks on a mission to either exorcise or becalm this miserable fantasm. From Wordnik.com. [DVD Times] Reference
The Peoples' Bank of China will need to go much further to becalm rising inflationary pressures, but ahead of the Communist Party's leadership changeover in 2012, we should not hold our breath for strong pre-emptive measures. From Wordnik.com. [China economic dominance is no guarantee - Jan. 10, 2011] Reference
To solace labour, and becalm the mind. From Wordnik.com. [The Age Reviewed] Reference
May your sleep becalm, and your dreams propitious to my hopes! ". From Wordnik.com. [Zicci — Complete] Reference
I only hope he will not make a mistake and becalm us till we get up to her. ". From Wordnik.com. [The Three Midshipmen] Reference
She does not feel the breeze yet, for there is a little northerly in it, and the cliffs becalm her. ". From Wordnik.com. [The Pirate of the Mediterranean A Tale of the Sea] Reference
To Music, to becalm his Fever (ca. 1660) in Chrysomela: A Selection from the Lyrical Poems of Robert Herrick p. 229 (F.T. Palgrave ed. From Wordnik.com. [Harper's Magazine] Reference
To Music, to becalm his Fever. From Wordnik.com. [To Music, to becalm his Fever] Reference
To Music, to becalm his Fever. From Wordnik.com. [Quotations] Reference
Those letters may yet becalm Blair. From Wordnik.com. [British Blogs] Reference
But they were fearful 'twould becalm them. From Wordnik.com. [The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 14, No. 380, July 11, 1829] Reference
ATTRIBUTION: To Music, to becalm his Fever. From Wordnik.com. [Quotations] Reference
But now let each becalm his troubled breast. From Wordnik.com. [The Odyssey] Reference
Cows becalm the soul. From Wordnik.com. [Hooting Yard] Reference
Herrick†"To Music, to becalm his Fever. From Wordnik.com. [Harper's Magazine] Reference
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