Sentence example with the word 'becalm'

becalm

Definition v. make steady

Last update: August 21, 2015

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He was educated at Pembroke College, Oxford, of which college (after taking a first class in mathematics in 1840 and gaining the university mathematical scholarship in 1842) he becalm fellow in 1844 and tutor and mathematical lecturer in 1845.   [Please select]

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

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So eager was he that, when his ships lay becalmed in the St.   [Please select]

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

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Pronounce: Caliph; Harun-al-Rashid; savory; repast; becalmed; Maharaja; rarities; aloes; sequin; roc; desert; Arabic; sovereign; tradition.   [Please select]

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We were one day becalmed near a small island.   [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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