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How to use calm in a sentence

40 example sentences · adjective, noun, verb

Calm means peaceful, quiet, especially free from anger and anxiety. Example: “Around midday the storm broke, and the afternoon was calm and sunny.”

Examples of calm by meaning

adjectiveGood; alright; cool; OK.

  • Calm, I'ma put my pin in like boom!2017, “Uber Everywhere Freestyle 2”performed by Cadet (rapper)
  • I'm calm with the heat of the kitchen.2019 May 9, “Bullet from a Gun” (track 1), in Ignorance is Bliss, performed by Skepta
  • I just want money, that's calm (Calm).2021 January 17, “Own Brand Freestyle” (track 24), in Beijing Winter Games 2022, performed by FelixThe1st, Dreya Mac, Finch Fetti

verbTo make calm.

  • to calm a crying baby
  • to calm the passions

More sentences with calm

  • Around midday the storm broke, and the afternoon was calm and sunny.From the entry break
  • The ship could make 20 knots an hour in calm seas.From the entry make
  • By the use of tact, she was able to calm her jealous husband.From the entry tact
  • He had a quick tug to calm himself down before his date.From the entry tug
  • The city has been reported calm after a curfew was imposed.From the entry curfew
  • Telling an angry person to "calm down" can invalidate their feelings.From the entry invalidate
  • Christ was the calmer of a storm on the Sea of Galilee.From the entry calmer
  • The meeting may be peaceful now, but this is only the calm before the storm.From the entry calm before the storm
  • They need to calm down and bury the hatchet before someone gets hurt.From the entry bury the hatchet
  • So he walks in, calm as you like, and demands all the money from the till.From the entry as you like
  • He was calm at first, then suddenly he came unglued and started screaming. He completely lost it.From the entry unglued
  • We were drifting on a dead calm sea for a third week in a row.From the entry dead calm
  • The rough waters of change will bring about the calm after the storm.From the entry water
  • Just calm down. There's no point getting steamed up about it.From the entry steamed up
  • Start by creating a calm and pleasant environment where you can practice with your yoni egg.From the entry yoni egg
  • At dusk an unusual calm befalls the wetlands.From the entry befall
  • Keep calm! There's no need to panic.From the entry keep
  • Her calm explanation helped mollify their concerns.From the entry mollify
  • The cork bobbed gently in the calm water.From the entry bob
  • He calmed down a lot when the policeman badged him.From the entry badge
  • The two sisters could hardly have been more different, one so boisterous and expressive, the other so taciturn and calm.From the entry taciturn
  • Hugo had a recording of someone playing the chimes against a background of surf noise that she found calming.From the entry chime
  • Take a chill pill, and calm down.From the entry chill pill
  • His calm demeanor belied his inner sense of guilt.From the entry belie
  • He was steamed that the car cut him off. It took almost half an hour for him to calm down.From the entry steamed
  • The judge spoke with calm sobriety about the case.From the entry sobriety
  • His calm narration made the documentary easy to follow.From the entry narration
  • I'm keeping away from Joe until he calms down.From the entry keep away
  • We left her alone until she calmed down.From the entry leave alone
  • Making appeasatory gestures she tried to calm the children.From the entry appeasatory
  • Catnip is used herbally to calm down the nervous system.From the entry herbally
  • Calm down! There's no point getting aeriated about it.From the entry aeriated
  • It was a calming day, unbeset by the usual problems.From the entry unbeset
  • Underneath the water, all was calm.From the entry underneath
  • Calm down before you hurt somebody.From the entry calm down

Meaning of calm

  1. adjective Peaceful, quiet, especially free from anger and anxiety.
  2. adjective Free of noise and disturbance.
  3. adjective With few or no waves on the surface; not rippled.

Full definition of calm

Questions about calm in a sentence

How do you use calm in a sentence?
Calm is used as an adjective, noun and verb. For example: “Around midday the storm broke, and the afternoon was calm and sunny.”
What is a short sentence with calm?
“to calm the passions”
What does calm mean?
Calm means peaceful, quiet, especially free from anger and anxiety.

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: calm (page history and authors) and the entries each sentence comes from. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws chose the sentences, left out offensive ones and quotations older than 1900, and marked the word in each. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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