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View synonyms for becalmed
becalmed
/ bɪˈkɑːmd /
adjective
- (of a sailing boat or ship) motionless through lack of wind
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Their temperature and moral outrage, briefly becalmed by his recent humiliation, began to rise once again.
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The wind now began to lessen; and, for fear of being becalmed, I was anxious to get an offing.
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The Nora lies becalmed not far from the Goodwin buoy, with her sails hanging idly on the yards.
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The squall soon passed away, and left them almost becalmed, as before.
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At any time, a vessel becalmed is considered a very sufficing reason for swearing by those who are on board of her.
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And there, on the bosom of the endless sea, we saw a ship becalmed.
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