Sentence example with the word 'becalmed'

becalmed

Definition adj. rendered motionless for lack of wind

Last update: August 11, 2015


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The passengers were stranded at the port due to the becalmed ship.   [Please select]

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In June 1833 he left Palermo for Marseilles in an orange boat, which was becalmed in the Strait of Bonifacio, and here he wrote the verses, "Lead, kindly Light," which later became popular as a hymn.   [Please select]

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] *[Footnote: When the Greeks set out for Troy, their ships were becalmed at Aulis, in Boeotia.   [Please select]

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Becalmed, the privateer and the frigate anchored a quarter of a mile apart.   [Please select]

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A sailing ship, with sails flapping, was becalmed some distance from shore.   [Please select]

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One died down and left you becalmed and stagnant, and another rose.   [Please select]

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The squall soon passed away, and left them almost becalmed, as before.   [Please select]

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We were one day becalmed near a small island.   [Please select]

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