Becalmed Sentence Examples

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.

Japan's prolonged recession has left Japan studies in a becalmed state.

And then, into this becalmed, benighted backwater come too lippy young Muscovites on the make.

Japan 's prolonged recession has left Japan studies in a becalmed state.