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Example sentences for "calmest"

Lexicographically close words:
calma; calme; calmed; calmer; calmes; calming; calmly; calmness; calms; calomel
  1. With the calmest despair, Sir Francis Varney lay still and motionless on the house-top, and listened to the sounds that proceeded from below.

  2. She assisted the surgeon in the most skilful but the calmest manner.

  3. The matinal hour devoted to this refreshing walk was to both maidens the calmest and happiest of the twenty-four.

  4. She took possession of him in the calmest way, and was evidently bent upon pumping him dry before he left the house.

  5. You mean my niece Anne," said he in the calmest way.

  6. Joe," said the curate in his calmest tone, "you had better go; the money will be sent to you shortly.

  7. And certainly I was the calmest of the three, for the good lady was in a dreadful fright and fret; and my uncle sat heavily, with his chin upon his stick, taking no notice of the roads or streets, but dwelling on the distance of bygone sorrow.

  8. Still you, the calmest and shrewdest observer among my friends, think there is cause for hope, not despair.

  9. I like the custom well: and ere we crown With freer mirth the day, I shall propose, In calmest recollection of our spirits, We drink the solemn "Memory of the dead.

  10. During flight certain details require attention, and carelessness on the pilot's part, even on the calmest of days, may lead to disaster.

  11. Even on the calmest day you can trace that white line of foam.

  12. Some people like to paint the sea at its calmest and most beautiful.

  13. Vernon, in his calmest voice; "that address will find her and Heather and me any time between now and noon to-morrow.

  14. The presence of these two in the house, though they were most probably at the moment engaged in the calmest abstract conversation, and totally unaware of what was going on in the library, had a great effect upon the Rector.

  15. I must request that the proceedings may not be interrupted," said Mr Morgan; and then everybody looked towards the open door: the sight they saw there was enough to startle the calmest spectator.

  16. The calmest of the conspirators was now the one who was generally the first to take alarm, and this was the genial Doctor Hortebise.

  17. This unexpected reply, made with the calmest air in the world, utterly disconcerted the smiling doctor.

  18. Close to the outer entrance of this great passage rides, about twelve feet out of water, the huge north-east Whistle buoy of the Goodwins, which ever moans forth in calmest weather its most mournful note.

  19. I think I have stood on all, though there are some on which no one can land, even at low tide and in the calmest weather.

  20. It would be strange on any evening, even after the calmest day of summer, when the sun is setting low, to see a small boat going out beyond Samson towards the Western Islets.

  21. It took a lot to disconcert Sam, and he was the calmest person present.

  22. The warning was given in the calmest of tones, for the Rajah was no alarmist, but a man of great courage and a tried soldier.

  23. Marines to remain in the pinnace and keep up a musketry fire," cried the lieutenant in the calmest tones.

  24. They are a sturdy, grave, pensive race, hiding indomitable energy and hearts of fire under the calmest demeanour.

  25. Ahead, on the brown rocks, although it was the calmest and best of weather, white waves were breaking and sending foam and spray high into the air.

  26. The sun upon the calmest sea Appears not half so bright as thee.

  27. What would you or I take, O grey-besprinkled reader, to undertake the mount Mr. St. Aure surveys with calmest confidence?

  28. And then, in calmest contemplation, or enjoyment of low-toned interchange of thought, ends the restful, happy day.

  29. Even in the calmest weather these huge breakers may be seen falling with prolonged roar on the beach.

  30. Hence one suspects that there is lessened competition for food outside the breeding season and that lack of competition for food is a major reason for seabirds being long-lived, often to extremes little suspected until recently.

  31. Marbled Murrelet (Brachyramphus marmoratus) Since the marbled murrelet has been found to nest in coniferous forests (Binford et al.


  32. The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "calmest" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.