How to Use "Calm" with Example Sentences

calm (n): a peaceful and quiet situation or feeling

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Used with adjectives:

"I meditate to find my inner calm."
(inner)

"There was an eerie calm before the storm."
(eerie, uneasy, strange, dead)

Used with verbs:

"The calm was broken when the war started."
(be + broken, be + shattered)

"The peace treaty restored calm."
(restored, preserved)

"We struggled to regain our calm."
(regain, retain, maintain, restore)

"A peaceful calm descended on the city."
(descended, settled, fell)

calm (v): to make someone or something peaceful and relaxed

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Used with nouns:

"Before the test, she tried to calm her nerves."
(nerves, mind, brain)

"We need to calm our fears."
(fears, worries)

"He tried to calm the situation."
(situation, city, people)

calm (adj): peaceful and relaxed

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Used with verbs:

"He always appears calm."
(appears, looks, seems, be: is/am/are, sounds, feels)

"After the storm, everything became calm."
(became, went)

"He told us all to keep calm."
(keep, remain, stay)

Used with adverbs:

"I feel remarkably calm."
(remarkably, strangely)

"He seems extremely calm."
(extremely, very, fairly, perfectly, completely)

"The ocean was dead calm."
(dead, completely, perfectly, deathly)