Calms

And swift tropic night smote the Arangi, as she alternately rolled in calms and heeled and plunged ahead in squalls under the lee of the cannibal island of Malaita. ❋ Unknown (2010)

But thereabouts the regular currents diverging to the north and south have formed a kind of lake of calms, which is sometimes known as the "Whirlpool of Fleurieu." ❋ Jules Verne (1866)

Matthew Lieberman at UCLA indicates that when people accurately attach a word to what they are feeling underneath their reactions, it lowers amygdala activation significantly which in term calms them and lessens their tendency to react in a "fight or flight" manner. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Like The Incredible Hulk's heart monitor, the nametag calms me down. ❋ Unknown (2009)

` ` Sometimes a change like that kind of calms everybody down, '' Fernandez said. ❋ Unknown (2008)

She kind of calms down a little bit, realizes that her mother is OK, but they still bring the ambulance along and then she was taken to the hospital, and apparently they were a little bit more serious than the daughter thought after she seemed OK, because they did keep her for 12 hours. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Is it at that point in the storm where it comes and goes, where you'll go through a period of several minutes where it's really blowing and really uncomfortable, and then it kind of calms a bit, certainly doesn't calm? ❋ Unknown (2005)

"It kind of calms me down and lets me know I'm not alone out there," he told the Fort Lauderdale Sun-Sentinel. ❋ Unknown (2002)

Jessica Simpson says boyfriend Tony Romo '' calms '' her. ❋ Unknown (2008)

Los Angeles - Jessica Simpson says boyfriend Tony Romo "calms" her. ❋ Unknown (2008)

He just seems so calm in the net, and a team takes over some of the goalies 'attitude and how he handles himself, and to see how calm he is out there kind of calms the whole team down. " ❋ Unknown (2010)

I've been saying it as many times a day as I need to when I start feeling stressed or panicked, and it calms me right down: I am where I am right now, and that's OK. ❋ Holly Sidell (2011)

Almond calms the reader, suggesting that we can only do our best and trust that our ambivalence is more than compensated for by our devotion and love.

Vino calms us down with an info-graphic for determining the threat level of the HR 5034 bill. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Although proudly mired in indulgence – Famine is a bewildering squall of crescendos, calms and rasping flutes; Folklore ends with an outrageous Gilmouresque guitar solo – this is both tasteful and timeless enough to lure in the prog-averse, too. ❋ Unknown (2011)