Some of his fear melted away, but not enough to calm his racing heart. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

She looked calm and even friendly, but at the same time she looked merciless. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

Will they tell him stories to calm his nerves? The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

As quietly as possible, they disarmed Ann and calmed her down. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

After his dreams last night, Leo could use some calm. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

It took Mr. Daley the rest of recess to calm them down and to convince them that there were no pit vipers in Washington State—or anywhere in the United States. I Survived the Eruption of Mount St. Helens, 1980 2016-08-01T00:00:00Z

She was calm as she considered what she had to do. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

The cool air calmed my heated heart Butterflies darted among the daisies and teasing birds sang from their hidden nests. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

He was asked what he meant by “calm.” The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z

Lyra woke early to find the morning quiet and warm, as if the city never had any other weather than this calm summer. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

When he was a baby and going through his nightly fussy period, he’d only calm down after I played him a lullaby on my cello. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

I jerk myself up, a panic destroying whatever calm listening to Gran had offered. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Elnora tried to calm me by saying that Hamlet, not the king, was to blame, but I cried all the more. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

He looked the calmest to Thomas, the most confident, the least scared. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

He clung to the log and heaved visibly with the effort of catching his breath and calming himself down. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

The sea was calm; deep green like jade. In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z

By midnight, the wind had calmed, and flames had faded to a swath of glowing embers. Willodeen 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

‘Joey, you have to listen to me carefully,” she said in a calm radio voice. Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then I realized I was being ridiculous, so I took a few breaths and tried to calm down. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

She wondered if she should have been less histrionic and given them both the chance to have a calm conversation about what happened. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

He patted her neck until she was calm again. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

Initial panic gave way to calm decision and, enlisting the aid of three attendants, a careful search was begun. I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z

He walks leisurely, with a calm, almost lazy gait. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

The white part of the room got calmer the more serious it got, but a tongue storm struck the Negroes like wind among palm trees. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z

Then she calmed down and said sweetly, “Will, I feel terrible about this. Your mother must go, by all means. She needs to get away. Anyhow, it’s her trip.” Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

Grace stood before the front window where, beyond the road, beyond the trees, Lake Michigan lay calm and glistening. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z

My tears finally stop and I feel a strange sense of calm, the glassy surface of a lake once the wind stops. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

More than that, the teacher, usually so calm, was now tense, alert, and appeared to be waiting for something. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z

She bent over, hands on her knees, trying to calm herself. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

Rose sits beside her and strokes her braids to calm her. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

Dogs barked; a couple of bats hunted moths around Harlan Betchel’s mercury vapor security lamp; the evening pulsed gently like a calm heart. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Occasionally Anastasia would bark at her daughter in irritation and Songololo would run away, only returning once her mother had calmed down. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

Frank wanted to smack the calm look off his face, but maybe that was just Mars’s aura making him feel aggressive. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

He stretched his toe beans wide, with an expression of blissful calm. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

I don’t want to admit it, not even to myself, but I feel calmer when I’m near her. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

There was a calm purposefulness to her movements that he liked. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

The sight of her calms me and I stop trying to escape. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

And I say in a calm voice: “I don’t care what you do, man.” We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

Their dad is screaming at them while the paramedic tries to calm him down. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

Mr. Benson took a deep breath to control himself, and started again in a much calmer voice. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

His expression, always so calm before, was filled with such a cold, terrible anger that I took a step away from him without meaning to. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Upstream about a hundred yards, the stream gushed through a rock gorge, calming as it flowed into the still pool. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

Max raised his voice, and everyone calmed down a bit, though there was a new energy in the room, buzzing, thrilling, churning through each of them. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

Both looked quite ‘calm and firm’, and both felt desperately uncomfortable. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

Finally calming a bit, Johnson asked the men to put themselves in his shoes. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

"Well," said the disarmed man, with surprising calm. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

It had been one thing to show patience during the marches in the 1960s, but I wasn’t sure I could be so calm when it concerned my children. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

“His face was still calm, as it always was,” wrote one enlisted man. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z

The sentry’s head, bleeding and wet and ash-pale, fell to the ground as he fainted, and his dæmon set about calming and gentling him as the bear stepped away beside Lyra. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Maxy was trying to clean up the mess and calm the class down when Mrs. Jarzab returned with blood on her jacket and pointed at me. Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

She hoped they would, and that Justin would go with them and talk to the children and try to calm their fear. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

The man’s wife would usually put her hand on his arm and say something in their language to calm him down. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

And there was no one in the street and it was quieter than it was during the day, even though you could hear traffic in the distance and sirens, so it made me feel calmer. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Its houses are layered down to the calm water of the bay. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

Despite the quickening flames, a calm determination filled the air. Willodeen 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

Those people standing around the car, trying to calm the driver, waiting for an ambulance to arrive, could they have done anything at all? Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

The son sought to calm her—berating us for troubling her—and now the younger child began his bleating and wailing, that he would not leave his father’s house. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

To calm my nerves I tried to replace the instructor with a mental image of Dad in the passenger seat. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z

Turning him over one saw that he could not have suffered long; his face had an expression of calm, as though almost glad the end had come. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

Such blue sky and purple mountains so sturdy and silver lake so calm and still. The Unfinished Angel 2009-09-22T00:00:00Z

While vague, the intended effect of the Jeffersonian message was to calm his fellow Virginians. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

I decide that if I had asked differently, been more calm, he would have stopped. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

There in the calm light of my father, all those things that Phoebe had said about Mrs. Cadaver seemed foolish. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z

Her face was calm, but her eyes flickered as if searching for the right word. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

She stared back at him with a calm hate. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

Otto had calmed somewhat and was preoccupied with trying to bring the smaller bonobo back to life, lying next to her and murping, blowing on her mouth, trying to get her to react. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

Swaying Aaron to keep him calm while he ate, Ivy watched the two best friends. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Of course, she says this; it’s what she thinks will calm me. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

Even their scent was a perfect mix—combining the crisp freshness of a petunia with a pansy’s delicate richness, creating a cool, clean aroma that was both invigorating and calming at once. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

When Garfield awoke on Sunday morning, he was calm and positive, just as he had been the day before, even joking with people around him. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

He looks up, calm as can be, and says, “Georges, the elevator is moving.” Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

He crossed his legs and sat looking into the fire and the strength came back, the face smoothed calm again and grave, the eyes silent and dark. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was all so calm now that the raft didn't even seem to be drifting. The Cay 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

I must sound wild with worry for Gabriel at once calms me. Beast Rider 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z

He had this really calming presence that always made me feel like, I don’t know, like I could let my guard down when I was with him. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

And still others raised their hands, palms forward, in a calming gesture that Reynie recognized too well. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

The screaming wind had quieted to moans, but it did not calm Pinmei. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

His face was calm, like he just wanted everything to be over with already. Miracle's Boys 2000-04-23T00:00:00Z

And on down the line it went again, now calming the rumble the lack of chicken breasts caused. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

The fish was coming in on his circle now calm and beautiful looking and only his great tail moving. The Old Man and The Sea 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

It seemed like forever, but finally the sea calmed and the winds died. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

For whatever reason, a strange feeling of calm had come over us. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Please, Ma,” David said, trying to calm her as the judge looked on. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

I tried to stay calm; it was the first time in my life anyone had ever pointed a gun at me. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

But he was so calm, it made me calmer. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

Clara’s childhood came to an end and she entered her youth within the walls of her house in a world of terrifying stories and calm silences. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her gold and silver dogs sniffed the air, but they remained calm and attentive at her side. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

In a voice as calming as a lullaby, she said, “Let me make a few calls and see if we can get a copy.” Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

What he did notice was that there were few people out, and those he came upon seemed perfectly calm. The Great Fire 1995-04-01T00:00:00Z

She was there to calm me and feed me pills that I saw were my own inadequate aspirins, and to assure me that my punishment was over, that I was all right. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

An exceedingly calm, circumspect man, Groom was pleasant company but seldom spoke unless spoken to and replied to questions tersely, in a barely audible voice. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

She did not try to calm him down. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

Commas, if you don’t whistle at them to calm down, are unstoppably enthusiastic at this job. Eats, Shoots & Leaves 2003-11-06T00:00:00Z

“I do not know him,” Gold said, desperately trying to sound calm. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

His tone was calm, flat, uncaring; he'd reached for his father's voice, and found it. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

That should provide hours of calm and keep us clear of any poisonous residue. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

She wrote in her diary, “I feel a great calm sadness, like that of a mother binding out a dear child that she could not support.” Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

Mama’s story calmed me down a little, but I was still angry at Rorra. The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

In a calm smooth voice that didn’t feel like her own, Jinny spoke. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

‘Come, come, let’s sit down, calm down,’ he said. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

The soft leather feels soothing and for a moment I’m calmed by the memories of the hours spent wrapped in it. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

I wondered why they were praying for me and not my father, but like the stew, the prayer calmed my stomach. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

She takes a deep breath and tries to calm down. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

I couldn’t get my mind to calm, not without knowing what was happening on the other side of the fence. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

Black prow by prow those hulls were made fast in a limpid calm without a ripple, stillness all around them. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

“My father praised Robert without respite! So my behavior was disgracious. But such reverences, such empathies that existed between them, they are very combustible. Friendship is a calmer thing. Robert left Zedelgem in winter.” Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

And how calm he seemed even when we were in a fight. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

So I gradually calmed down and finally shut up. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

He was calm as he took off his apron. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

She is calm, smooth, practiced, the mother who seems to know where we are going before I do. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

It was like a weird calm had suddenly come over him. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

Hideo’s shoulders are straight, and his posture is calm—but his eyes are tense, far away from here. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

It was still a couple hours before dawn and the air was cold and calm, filled with the dreams of sleeping men. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

“In this town we do not give orders with pieces of paper,” he said without losing his calm. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

Back at home, we tried to calm Dad down. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

“Here’s where we stand,” the man said, much calmer. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

Frankie had had to learn to be calm under pressure—even when he felt like he was about to blow. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

Dead calm, the sky a flat-copper blue and the heat so thick inside the boat that it was hard to get breath down—any change would be welcome. The Voyage Of The Frog 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

I told him to stay calm and remain inside, that others from the cars behind us would come to our rescue. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Rachel looked calm, but I couldn’t tell if she was pretending or not. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

“Hush,” he said, with a calm that astonished him, “we going to do something, just you be quiet.” Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

The sound of the river running beneath the home and over the falls was a constant but calming white noise. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

Kin didn’t flinch, at least as far as Anya could tell, and when he spoke, it was measured and calm. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

After some semblance of calm had settled back over us, he pulled his map up and spread it out over the wheel. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

He thought the chicken would calm as he carried her—Charlie carried all his chickens around—but her frantic clucks added to the chorus of crickets and the crescendo of the owls: Who? Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

She breathed and breathed until she felt calmer. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

The waiter tells him to calm down and John shouts for him to leave his sight. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

I hung up the phone and stood still for a minute, trying to calm myself. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

Robin calmed down at school and became outgoing with his teammates. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

When we’ve all calmed down and caught our breath, the six of us settle overnight in this barren place. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z

I am very calm, as if I’m in science class conducting an experiment. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Trying to stay calm, he wondered what to do. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

Holmes told Ned how sorry he was to hear of her passing, but in his eyes there was only a flat blue calm, like the lake on a still August morning. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

Slowly, my pounding heartbeat returned to a calmer rhythm and the nausea receded. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

"Say it to her, not to me," Brit-Brat nudged, her voice over-the-top calm. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z

Hoping Toby was okay, calm and sleeping so it could all happen again. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

The shore line was peaceful and flat, and the calm sea bumped it playfully along the sandy beach. The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z

In the calm of the long evening, it was pleasant to walk on this smooth road, with the sound of some cicada-like creatures in the long grass and the setting sun warm in his face. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

If she was the one spiraling, I tried to calm her down. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

And when he looked, her face was calm again and young and innocent. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

I pace the courtyard, trying to calm myself. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

His voice seemed to rise from a calmer, deeper place, and he didn’t blink nearly as much. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

Dr. Malone looked at Lyra’s desperate frown and clenched fists, at the bruises on her cheek and her leg, and said, “Dear me, child, calm down.” The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

The sea was calm behind the high cliffs. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Link between us settles into place, quivering, until it is calm and quiet again. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

He seemed to grow calm; at least he was no longer suffering. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

The Doorman barks for a change, but I calm him down and open up. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

She pauses and takes in the dead-serious look on my face before responding in her sweet, calm voice. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

Where he was, he said, it was so quiet, so calm, so otherworldly and strange, that he couldn’t possibly be in danger. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

I sounded so smooth and calm, at least until I reached for my milk to wash down the peanut butter and knocked over the carton instead. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

Caroline seemed intrigued by the idea through the entire length of tea in the cushioned, flower-wallpapered calm of their grandmother’s Cambridge parlor. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

She was as calm and serene as I’d ever seen her. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

Finally I rose from my bed to mix a calming draught. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

With a very calm and collected look, she explains that we are making a simple chicken curry that could be eaten with rice or naan, or even by itself. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

A scene of mayhem replaced the calm that Stanton had seen a little more than an hour before. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

At last, when Ess seemed calm, Jinny stepped out of the tide pool, wincing at the barnacles under her own feet. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

Sleeping pills make your brain waves calm down into a sleep pattern. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You marched against assault weapons,” he says, far calmer about this than I am. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

In the sweet calm, surrounded by everything I loved—moonlight, air, grass, animals, earth, people—I wondered, with a pang, how much longer I would be able to savor such moments. Wishtree 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

I spoke in a calm voice to Joey: “Just chill out.” Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

He says nothing, keeping his arms around her, but the breeze begins to settle, the waves pounding against the ship become calm. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Poppy had calmed down and was curled up against Lina’s chest with her thumb in her mouth. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

The storm had weakened some and the sea’s violent chop died down, but the idea of rowing another stroke, even in a perfectly calm sea, was unimaginable now. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

Shay took a couple of deep breaths, and her usual calm returned. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

All the agitation dissolved as soon as I looked at his face, calm taking its place. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

He made his answer sound as calm as he could. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

Her breasts were rising with the leaven of her years, and her face had the calm and warmth of beauty. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

“May peace and calm descend upon your gut like a gentle mist on the gurgling river rapids.” The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z

The tiny girl clung madly to the rope, her eyes bulging, but Kate could do little to calm her. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

Luma enjoyed the calm and quiet of the mountains but sometimes felt lonely. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

“Holy” came the closest, and “calm” was in the mix, but neither was exactly right. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

The twins started crying, and Luke bent down to calm them. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

“Courage of the heart is very rare,” she said with sudden calm. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

I take another run, and when I get back to the store and stack my empty hot bags under the stainless-steel counter, there is relative calm. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

No one has ever told me that I have a calming presence. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

My music calmed me, as it always did. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Cornflower was helping her mother and Mrs. Churchmouse to calm the little ones’ tears of fright. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

“Dear, try to stay calm. Dr. Slaughter said—” Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

Climbing along the blade of the summit ridge, sucking gas into my ragged lungs, I enjoyed a strange, unwarranted sense of calm. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

“But one of them jumped,” he said, trying to make his voice as level and calm as Dumbledore’s. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

“Yeah. It was easy to be calm since it was a good speech, and since most of the people watching were my friends.” The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

The calm, chrome center of the silver ceiling fan went round inside her head. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

This must be the simulation they used to keep indents calm during the ride downtown. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

“Come on, sit in back, where it’s calm,” I suggested, and Grandma came with me to the untouchables’ table. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

He couldn’t refuse her that, for she’d seen worse than a dead body, and it might calm her. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

For example, begin with a fun rhythm activity to get students going, and finish with a quiet relaxing or listening activity to calm them. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

Eyeing the many black pots filled with steamy food on the ground, I tell my stomach to be calm. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was strangely calming, and almost hypnotizing to watch. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

The Lone Wolf was often an angry wolf, whereas a Misfit was often calm and contented. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

I looked away, out over the calm water. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

“I always find that regular habits make for a calmer life,” she had told Bebe more than once, especially on the days Bebe was late for her visitation. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Seeing them should make me sad, I think, but instead, I feel calmed. Ninth Ward 2010-08-16T00:00:00Z

In the minute or so when it was coming closer, the light became fiercer and brighter, and he saw the witch’s face, quite calm, almost amused, and utterly fearless. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

“But people will just move away from the coast,” Alex said, trying to sound calm and rational, trying not to think of his father. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

“I didn’t know what to do, Papa,” Stella said, feeling her calm disappear and frenzy setting in. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

The woman’s voice is calm and cynical, like she’s had to say this countless times before. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

When hours pass, and no guardias come to the door, he calms down a little, eats some of his favorite pork sausages, drinks more than he should, and goes to bed exhausted at dusk. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

This will not be a good surprisement, and where is the mama to calm him down? The Unfinished Angel 2009-09-22T00:00:00Z

He was strangely suited to the tussle of lawmaking, calm inside the maelstrom, accustomed to being an outsider, taking defeats in his easy Hawaiian stride. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

My eyes went wide, but Doc’s voice remained calm when he asked, “Jezebel, honey, how are you feeling?” Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

I pause, not sure what I can say to calm him. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

Ma quietly tries to calm Geak, who is afraid of the storm. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

The kicking increased in tempo, and I thought of Amaka s music, her culturally conscious music that sometimes started off with a calm saxophone and then whirled into lusty singing. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

The patient grew calmer every instant, and presently said:— Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

The other man had a small round face and no chin, but his eyes were calm. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

We took it with every meal to calm the mind, give us stamina, and prevent fatal disease. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

But I know things will calm down if I’m not in the middle of it. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

Her voice calmed and she spoke more measured and low. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

I stroked his arm to keep him calm as Patrice worked the needle in. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

Roy asked, knowing he probably wouldn’t get a calm, patient answer. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

After the group calmed down, I explained, best as I could, how screechers and hummingbears and blue willows all needed each other, even if it wasn’t easy for us to see or understand. Willodeen 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

The quarry was on a hillside, not the calm and pleasant Chamundi Hill, but another, lesser hill, bare and rocky, with here and there a few clumps of prickly pear. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

Finally, he calmed enough to tell her everything that had happened in the hospital. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

He limped back to the car, trying to stay calm. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

It was a misty, gray lake, wide and ringed with firs, its calm surface smooth as slate. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

“Jesus,” she mutters, like calling his name will calm her down. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

Lyra came out of the focused calm she shared with the alethiometer and drifted back to the present moment to find herself no longer alone. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Two of the little girls cried for their parents, and the teachers took time to calm them down. Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mami fed us broths, and in the evening, a bland, watery boiled rice that at least stuck to our bellies and calmed the roiling inside. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

I remember the river, which was calm; I remember the slow drift of autumn leaves resting on the glassy surface. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

As he writes and remains calm, the whisperings have changed. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z

“Stop. It’s too late tonight. We’ll have to go tomorrow. Sit down and calm yourself. Think back. You said we were coming back from the river,” he prompted. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

Nina slowed her own breathing, forced her pulse lower, trying to calm herself, but she could do nothing to mute the riot in her head. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

Miles chose that moment to walk back in, looking calmer than he had when he’d left. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

Was it possible that a man so calm had once been so terrified? Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Francis, I wish you would calm down for a minute. I think we can handle this.” The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

Finally, in a surprisingly calm voice she said: “Look at your sisters over there.” Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

All he had done was sit in cold water and try not to think, and yet that simple act had made him feel so calm. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

“Tomorrow morning we could get a boat. Go out to French’s Island,” he said in a calm voice, as though it were as simple as going to lunch. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

Or perhaps it was just that she sounded too calm, while his heart hammered in his chest. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

You have to be calm, he says to himself. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

My hands shook, and I flexed fists to try to calm them, but my fingers wouldn’t stay still. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

The Black Tortoise blew on it, a calm, controlled gust of air. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

The cool air calmed what was left of his nerves, and he told himself, There’s nothing abnormal about this. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

But the night sky looked calm and the concrete beneath me was no different than before, covered with gum wrappers, tinfoil, plastic bags, and other garbage. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

“Look, baby, just tell us what happened,” my mother said, calming my father down as usual. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

I squeezed past the man next to me and walked to the front of the bus, trying to stay calm. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

It was a landscape scene, a calm blue sea and a distant land. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

I took a deep breath to calm myself, ignoring the spasm of pain it triggered. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

She would recite poetry to calm us down and get us ready to learn more science or history. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

Trying to remain calm, I started by talking about my history. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

She took a breath and tried to calm herself. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

Perhaps it was a calm in the centre of a storm: the eye of the hurricane. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

We explained it and told her we loved her until she calmed down. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

In the calm of the bay their approach went smoothly; Art set the fenders out; and the two of them made fast their mooring lines with a few wraps each around the forward deck cleats. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

“In that case,” the doctor replied with equal calm, “give me back the bottle. You don't need it any more.” One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

And then it comes again, more—and then okay, calm down, okay, seriously, she’s not dead. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

The radio told us we were in the eye of Donna, the still and frightening calm in the middle of the revolving storm. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

A mile on foot from the park and she was feeling calmer. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

Cole tried to be calm, but his voice shook and his face felt hot. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

Abel walked into the bedroom, very calm, very quiet. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

He is calm, but he ignores them completely, as if “he could not care less,” reads the medical report. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

She would get the details later—some from Bebe herself, when she’d calmed down; others from the news stories that would air that night and the newspaper articles that would print the next morning. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Or I would say, “It is a beautiful day. I have never seen the ocean so calm and the sky looks like a blue shell. How long do you think these days will last?” Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

The days were all mixed up, but she felt a little calmer than she did a second ago. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

I feel oddly calm, though, tears and panic and pain somehow smoothed over. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

I smile at Mama and reach out to touch her arm, to calm her. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

Some part of me, some crazy, calm part, sees sense in his plan, even as I recoil in disgust. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

He looked tired but very calm, with the signs of suffering taken from his countenance. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

Now more alert than he had been downstairs, Garfield spoke calming words to his son. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

The sand is so warm beneath me, and the ocean and salt spray and plum-colored breeze is so calming, that I tell him the story about my uncle. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

After lots of questions and lots of pacing, she calmed down a bit. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

The baby, who had been fidgeting and kicking just a moment before, became very still and very calm. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

“All right, all right, just calm down and I’ll tell you what I can.” Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

She tries to keep her voice calm, but the fear is there. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

“We are floating beautifully. Now we must all sit down and keep perfectly calm. Everything will be all right in the end.” James and the Giant Peach 1961-11-01T00:00:00Z

Most verbs that take subjectless complements, such as try in Alice tried to calm down, are governed by an ironclad rule that forces the overt subject to be identical to the missing subject. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

But it stole her grit, his calm acknowledgment, his matter-of-fact tone. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

I closed my eyes and tried to calm the sea, but I couldn’t concentrate. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

A further operation had been performed on him at the Emperor’s command that had had a distinctly calming effect. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z

Sometimes I think if Grandma had finished painting that pink on everything I might have calmed down. Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then, as his face calms, he blinks out of it, exits, and moves on down the street, the convenience store forgotten. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

By the time I reached Schindler's office, I was so afraid I scarcely heard him as he attempted to calm me with small talk. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z

Is like a wave of calm strength go through me. Taste of Salt: A Story of Modern Haiti 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mostly, though, there was no one around and the woods were calm and peaceful. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

Fig returned to grooming with a satisfied calm. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

I held my breath and thought about calm, quiet things, like ocean waves. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

She’s calmer now, air sucks evenly into her lungs, we lean forward, tensed, the muscles in our backs and bellies hurt from the strain. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

Kropp has calmed himself; we understand, he saw red; out there every man gets like that sometime. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It is, sweetness,” Isabel answered, trying to get him to calm down. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

Sitting on the bottom step, I rested my head on my crossed arms and waited for my nerves to settle to calm. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Somehow, in this place, he felt happier, calmer, than he had in quite some time. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

There were days when the sun was bright and the sea was calm—and there was no coffee ready to be loaded. Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

I wait for them to go, trying to calm my breath. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

He took a deep breath to calm his nerves. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

The two dogs were calm as pets one moment. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z

Its soft hooting was like a song, and as it grew rhythmic it calmed the moonlit hills and lulled us to sleep. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

The light began to fade, and Dorothy called them in for more cake and lemonade, and then it was time to calm down the girls, who were cranky, say good-bye, and start back to Harlem. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

And he moved and talked all calm and slow, like a murderer. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

Her face was calm and kindly, not beautiful, not pretty, but the very sort of face you would be glad to see if you were ill or unhappy or frightened. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

Min bowed in appreciation of the compliment, and Tree-ear wondered at his master’s calm; he himself had to still the glee that surged through him, lest it make him skip about, shouting. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z

There is relative calm in the audience, and people start to talk to each other as we are escorted, row by row, toward the gym. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

I heard Maxim’s voice, very cool, very calm. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

“His heart’s beating as fast as a woodpecker drills. Let’s go inside until he calms down.” Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

Ruza and Tzara didn’t fall back, though, or even heft their spears, and so he took his cue from their calm, wiped the sand from his eyes, and stared. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

Talking like this to her kept me calm, strangely. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

“When I do not eat, the Christ child himself comes to me and nurses at my breast, which swells with rich milk,” she says with perfect calm. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

Mom was trying to be really nice because when I get like this, she is the one that tries real hard to keep things calm. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

But he was calm and his mind cut its intention through time like the sharp beam of a searchlight through a dark room. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

Judging from Claire’s description, the crowds on her street seem to have been reasonably calm and peaceful. The Great Fire 1995-04-01T00:00:00Z

She looks calm and peaceful, like she could doze off right here in the middle of this steamy, scary jungle. Dragons in a Bag 2018-10-23T00:00:00Z

There’s a familiar calm in the room, but the jingle-jangle of Mrs. Newman’s bracelets always gives me a slight headache. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

Dismay sat down and panted at Declaration in his calm dog way. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

The fragrance of the steam was refreshing, and those that were unhurt felt their minds calmed and cleared. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

Hazel blinked away her tears and tried to calm the thing inside her. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

Now that I’d got calmed down a little, I was afraid of what I might find when I went home. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was calmer than I had ever seen him. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

I think I'm going to go out to the blues fest tomorrow and have some blues to calm my nerves. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Shut your mouth and get on your knees,” Frankie said, in a smooth, calm voice that promised violence as efficiently as any gun. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

I waited and my roused senses grew slowly calm. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

The whole time the guns were pointed at him, he said, he’d stayed calm. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

I was silent; Helen had calmed me; but in the tranquillity she imparted there was an alloy of inexpressible sadness. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

When I said that, she took off her glasses and put down her pen, all calm, and started tapping her fingernail on the thick folder in front of her. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

“I am a shaman. I can do many things you don’t understand. Sit down, Mr. Scoresby. Be calm. I’ll tell you what you need to know.” The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

He answered, “Yeah,” in a low, calm voice. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

“How can you be so calm about this?” Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

After a while, she calmed down a bit and let go. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

Then he calmed the sea, and made it possible for the Trojans to get to land. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

Onstage I am calm as a windless winter night. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

It was simply the calm before the storm. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

Turned out the only water in Calm Waters was a single muddy pond, and it wasn’t so much calm as it was boring. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

Then Jinny lowered herself to sitting, to rest, with Ess in her lap, and felt a warm rush of calm all through her. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

“Good idea,” whispered Hermione, clearly pleased that Harry was calming down. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

The white man shouted something to the black man, who then scuttled over to the door where my mother was desperately but vainly trying to calm me down. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

Clay, seemingly calmer, replied, “She was my birthday gift this year. I wanted the three of you to see her.” Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

He is given a bath, which calms him some, and put to bed in an isolation room. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

He looked at his mother’s face, so calm and serene, then around her. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

Firm sound to the voice, clear calm eye. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

When they ascended the steps to the hall, Maria’s alarm was every moment increasing, and even Sir William did not look perfectly calm. Pride and Prejudice 1813-01-28T00:00:00Z

The manager must be held back, calmed down, convinced, and finally won over. The Metamorphosis 1915-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Okay, okay, calm down, kid! I’m sure Wren wouldn’t have let you in if you weren’t legitimate. Come on, let’s be friends, have a turkey leg.” Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

As for the children, she could only hope they would remain reasonably calm. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z

I could hear the babies crying far off and voices calming them and Noris sobbing along with her aunt Mate, and all their grief pulled me back from mine. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

But it was such a calming silence; it made me relax and feel closer to him than any heart-to-heart would have. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

The scent always calmed me down, but it also made me sad because it reminded me of lost friends. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

He would calm down for a time, then explode again. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

She was perfectly calm as she glanced at the foot of the bed to take in the man’s name and, presumably, his condition, then she stood over him and gazed into his face. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

“This is you thinking I can’t handle it,” Axel says, and not in a calm voice. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

Ma wondered how the silver goldfish could remain calm in the bowl, while she herself felt she could barely breathe. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z

Jule wanted to hear his answer, desperately, but she calmed her voice. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

I doubled 2’s in my head because it made me feel calmer. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

When he saw Annie at lunch, he was still surprisingly calm. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

But Thomas rolled over and refused to say another word, worried he’d mess up this new sense of being encouraged, eradicate the reassuring calm that filled his heart. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

As soon as she began, she felt a calm come over her. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

It wasn’t like counting, but something about watching those circles calmed him down; they made him feel better. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

It gazed up at her with such a calm, trusting curiosity that it almost seemed to speak aloud. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

He groped about in his mind for an image that would calm him. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z

He stood there and I forced myself to look at his eyes again, finding my grandfather gone, leaving only the searching calm. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

I worked the pump again, recocked the piece, calmer now, the bear looking at me with more interest, aimed off to the right of the bear with more care now and squeezed the trigger. This Side of Wild 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

Wilem lay a hand on my arm and made a calming gesture. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

I didn’t let Mr. Amos know I’d seen it, but it did make me get a lot calmer. Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z

Uncle Willie was nodding at the fire, and Bailey had escaped back to the calm adventures of Huckleberry Finn. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was calming her down, I know he was. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

The next day Tyrion encountered her and her spotted sow amidships in midaftemoon, when the air was warm and the sea calm. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

“I’m okay,” I said, trying to keep my voice calm and steady. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

He knew the icy water would shock his skin like an electric fence, but this morning he needed desperately to calm Bis troubled thoughts. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

He sauntered around with calm detachment, which seemed only to increase his appeal. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

My throat tightened, but I forced myself to calm down. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

Number Two took a deep breath to calm herself. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

Massachusetts would be sunk in a marble calm. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

“For heaven’s sake, Homer, remain calm,” I heard Mom tell Dad in the kitchen when the coaches from West Virginia University were there. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

I always thought of Abel as a cobra: calm, perfectly still, then explosive. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

The water here is calm and clear, like blue glass. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

I breathed in, the scent calming me a little. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z

I feel calm, though I can’t hear anything, like my head is submerged in water. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

She tried to calm him down, but he continued to be nervous, and at last she had to tie him to a tree, afraid that he would bolt. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

While we looked at each other, the horse calmed enough that they could start backing off. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

From a tree close by Colonel Fremantle saw him, thought he was resting before the great battle, could not help but wonder at the enormous calm of the man. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

They rode to the lake the Dothraki called the Womb of the World, surrounded by a fringe of reeds, its water still and calm. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

I stay as calm as I can manage, but sweat pours off me. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

The gentleness of her voice calmed me a little, and I was able to reply, though I wanted to run away, back to my hermanitas. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

As the earthquake calmed down, I peeled off the stickers and tore them to shreds under the table. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

I saw a slow smile pass over the calm, placid face. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

When he reached her he saw that she was quite conscious, her eyes wide open and calm; he stood above her, thinking, ‘Yes. She is the one who owns the terror’. Absalom, Absalom! 1936-01-01T00:00:00Z

The sound was soul-splitting, and this apocalypse was calm no longer. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

After Dad had gotten me to calm down a bit, he called Isabel back to let her know everything was fine. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

I put my hand on my chest to calm it down and look over at Papi, hoping he’ll glance my way and wink and tell me everything’s going to be fine. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z

“Alter, calm down,” Frankie said, and I realized I was breathing so rapidly, I couldn’t even catch my breath. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

When Tyler heard this, was he sitting here at Monet’s, trying to look calm while sweating up a storm? Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

Though Perch was no doubt imagining how he’d like to tear me limb from limb, I felt strangely calm, fatalistic. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Macon Dead dug in his pocket for his keys, and curled his fingers around them, letting their bunchy solidity calm him. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

Beagles are energetic, and these people looked like the type who liked constant calm. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

Dad looked calm, but volcanoes are calm just before they blow half a mountain away. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

Not even Dad’s light jazz radio station could calm me. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

“While you calm down, I’m going to paint my nails,” she said, smiling up at me through her bangs. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

Of course, Gregor immediately concealed himself under the couch, but he had to wait until the noon meal before his sister returned, and she seemed much less calm than usual. The Metamorphosis 1915-01-01T00:00:00Z

It would have been a nice way to go to sleep; Reynie was feeling calm for the first time all day. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

When the throb-bing calmed a little she gave Logan’s speech a hard thought and placed it beside other things she had seen and heard. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z

“I wish I felt as calm as I looked,” I mumbled. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

“They are taking it in, despite what it looks like, calming down after one or two class sessions.” Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

My head pounds, a sign that I am calming down. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

My decision calmed me, and I was able to close my eyes and sleep. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

The man with the calm, attentive eyes rose to defend Kira. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Just looking at St. Helens out her window made her feel calm, as if it were watching over her somehow. I Survived the Eruption of Mount St. Helens, 1980 2016-08-01T00:00:00Z

I want to throw them onto the floor and stomp on them, crushing their stupid little faces, but I do my best to keep calm because I know it’s important to Amá. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

“We need to stay calm and escort these nice people out of the building before they trample one another. Jane, if you could get their attention?” Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

I sat in Kilvin’s office trying to look calm as the great, shaggy master turned my sympathy lamp over in his huge hands. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

I took more deep breaths, trying to calm myself. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

The calm efficiency of Frith, and Robert’s rather foolish face, helped me more than my book and my newspaper had done. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

Freak rolls his eyes and goes, "Ah, music, how it calms the savage beast." Freak The Mighty 1993-10-01T00:00:00Z

This building is calm and quiet and a little sad. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

“We will definitely deal with this matter in the appropriate way, I promise,” answered Ms. Rubin, trying to keep her voice calm. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

Ativan can calm you down instantly if injected. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

Finding my apprehensions unfounded, however, and calmed by the deep silence that reigned as evening declined at nightfall, I took confidence. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

Except this wasn’t quite the plan, and she definitely didn’t feel calm. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

His hair was mussed, his face moved nervously, and the dead calm was gone from his eyes. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

This is not the person who the city knows as my father—the patient, calm leader of Abnegation who would never hurt anyone, least of all his own son or wife. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

“And don’t fluster poor Charlie. We must all try to keep very calm. Now the first thing to decide is this—who is going to go with Charlie to the factory?” Charlie and the Chocolate Factory 1964-09-12T00:00:00Z

I touch my Star of David, then each of my British charms, which usually calms me down. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

Voice of a dead thing, calm as dry sticks and ice when the wind blows over them. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ken Scates huddled by the radio at his home in Odessa, trying to keep calm. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

His peaceful demeanor was helping her calm down a bit. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

Yet it was typical of Justin that even excited as he was, he stayed calm, he thought clearly. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

Later, however, in the cool-headed calm of your home, you can use the Internet to find out exactly how much the dealer paid the manufacturer for that car. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z

The dazzling imperfection of it all calmed her. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

I pulled my lips tight against my teeth to try to keep calm and not tear up like a baby. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

Instead of calming him, the answer increased his curiosity. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

Half an hour later, when we finally pull into the roped-off section of the Tokyo Dome’s side entrance, I’ve almost calmed the butterflies wreaking havoc in my stomach. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Hazel calmed her nerves, trying to avoid pulling more gold from the ground. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

It takes a lot of flishing here and there and much calming of the air and the midwives, but at last the baby is delivered. The Unfinished Angel 2009-09-22T00:00:00Z

He was entirely conscious and from the glimpses I caught of his face seemed to be fairly calm. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

Although not in the look of the campus and village; they retained much of their dreaming summer calm. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

His gaze is calm, but I notice the way he’s turned toward me, the light in his eyes. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

He watched me with a calm, scientific gaze. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

“My mother sang a song to keep me calm, “Look for the Silver Lining.” Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

We moved house, put it about she was ill, and my mother looked after her, and tried to keep her calm and happy. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

Pim was sitting next door and that had a calming effect. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

To another question he replied that he had been surprised by my calm the day of the funeral. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z

It was a moment or two before Maxim replied, and when he did his voice was quite calm and matter-of-fact. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

As I got off the elevator, 320 feet above the Florida sand, I could look out and see the beautiful beach and the calm blue Atlantic. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Eventually, Dad gets us all calmed down enough to put a call through to Rabbi Gold. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

The night remained calm and still, but Matthias and Constance stayed alert, both knowing if they failed to observe this rudimentary law of nature, the penalty could be fatal. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

Nobody understood how a foot could pop off like that, or how Roz could remain calm. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

Once he’d seen that the dead bonobos weren’t going to take all my attention away, he calmed. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

I don’t know if it was the smoke from the campfire that calmed me, or the sudden reappearance of Zu, who had come back from scouting a nearby campsite, making sure it was deserted. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

Grandmother Baxter calmed my anxiety by explaining that America would not be bombed, not as long as Franklin Delano Roosevelt was President. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

I tried not to think and to be perfectly calm. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

I watched them through the fence until I had calmed down enough to feel the cold again. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

Nathan carefully tapped his toe on the surface, and multiple ripples disrupted the calm surface and went beyond the reaches of the light and kept going in the darkness. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

I bite on my thumb, calming the urge to look over my shoulder at Tony. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

“I can’t settle down till I know if she’s all right,” I said, my voice calmer but still shaking a little. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Slowly, in those last few days, the boys—each in his own way—centered and calmed themselves. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

His face was calm, and he smiled when he handed the paddle back with his name inscribed. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Elowen’s words had been spoken in such a calm, measured tone of voice that it seemed almost irrational to disagree with her. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

She seemed very calm and brave considering the caravans of segregationists said to be driving past her house and tossing firebombs and rocks through her windows. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was strange how calm she felt the minute she entered his presence. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

And it was like counting and saying, “Left, right, left, right, left, right.. .” which Siobhan taught me to do to make myself calm. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

We had asked her to touch base with our witnesses before the hearing to go over last-minute details and calm their nerves. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

Amah’s silhouette was still and calm against the flickering light of the flames. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

Doha grabbed hold of his friend, desperately trying to calm him. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

“He seems to be calming down, thank goodness,” George says. The One and Only Ivan 2012-01-17T00:00:00Z

I've watched his death daily, as the Women's Orchestra provides an artifice of calm and succor to the passengers being unloaded and sorted. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

He was calmer now that his first anger had passed. The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z

But it calmed her to sing it now as she attached the red, blue, and white wires to the statue of Miss Miss. Heavenly stars, but she’d had a busy few days! Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

His jaws were the only tense part of his facial expression; everything else seemed calm. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

“Just calm down there, Toad,” Alec said, the threat clear in his voice. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

‘And as for Salim, when everyone’s calmed down, can you ask them if they would agree to us calling in the press?’ The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mama was calm, steady, ideal in a crisis. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

Since ’93 my mom hasn’t had a mental relapse and my sister, Janell, has calmed down. Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

The praises of caseworkers who should have known better infuriated me so much that I had to walk away to calm down. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

About how long it can take to calm me down. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

She needed Pilate’s calm view, her honesty and equilibrium. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

Upon learning that we had all fought for the so-called army, in different parts of the country, we calmed down and talked about what bases we were from. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

It was a calm walk along the sand, since we didn’t expect trouble in this part of the country. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

“She won’t do much for you. We had to give her special potions to keep her calm. And we had to cut off her pretty hair, because she kept trying to pull it out.” The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

Despite their brutality, my father thought he could reason with them, that by using calm logic, he could convince them that we had no money or jewels. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z

She walked along the sea-star field and gazed out at the flat calm water. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

The serene look on Aunt Pearl's face calmed him at first, then made him angrier. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

The attorney tended to talk about the case with a mixture of calm and exasperation, as if his powers of incredulity had already been strained to the point of breaking. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

“Remember what he is going to assist us in,” said Herbert, “and be calm.” Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z

This is what upsets her most to admit: that the affair causes her to feel strangely at peace, the complication of it calming her, structuring her day. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

But then Nat explained, in her calm voice, about how the bees didn’t want to sting. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

I spit, but his huge brown eyes plead for me to calm down. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

Inside there was a silent calm, after the riot of the open. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

“She’s hysterical. I gave her a pill to calm her down.” The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

“I think this has gone a little far. Can we just take a deep breath and calm down?” Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

There the current, after running over rocks where village women scrubbed their clothes, widened into a calm pool. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

“All this. We’re so...so ready. So calm. It doesn’t work, somehow. None of it works.” The River 1991-06-01T00:00:00Z

It was a calm, beautiful summer morning with a peaceful wind. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

I might not feel calmed by the mayor’s presence, but I can tell by the way my dad’s shoulders have relaxed that the mayor’s promises have eased at least a little of his worry. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

My blood is still storming away from Cillian but I immediately start to feel a little calmer. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

I laid down on the couch, trying to keep myself as calm as possible while talking—well, texting—Lovey. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Mr. Ebgard’s voice was calmer; I noticed my hands had stopped shaking. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

She looked calm, at peace, like she did not mind dying now. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

All of the competitors tried to look calm as he strode to the center of the curtain. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

Finn took a deep breath, trying to calm himself. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

"Calm yourself down, child, calm yourself down," Miss Honey said. Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z

Stick broke through Father’s tirade with a calm breath. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

Cora always arranged the children at the starting line, aiming their feet, calming the skittish ones, and graduating some to the older kids’ race if need be. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

It calmed my mother’s anxieties and somehow even my own. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

Mr. T had to take her out in the hall to calm her down. Because of Mr. Terupt 2010-10-11T00:00:00Z

I just needed to move to hopefully calm the pain. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

“And I do believe,” she said, cool and calm as you please, though I bet her knees were shaking, “I do believe here comes my husband now!” Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

Haliax asked with calm politeness, as if genuinely curious as to what the answer might be. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Holmes reacted to her news with calm and warmth. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

Now Plutarch’s voice comes up, calm but forceful. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

“Everyone stay alert, but stay calm. This has happened before.” The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

Usually I try to stop it, to calm down the screaming before it turns into hitting. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

Inside I found things long forgotten: my mother fitting words together for a song, diction for the stage, three recipes for tea to calm nerves and promote sleep, finger scales for the lute. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

In the silence that followed came a reply to port—this time a man’s voice, calm and factual, a voice he recognized. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

I decide to infuse the headache potion with a poppy seed extract to calm Therese and bring her rest. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

It makes me feel calm, but I don’t know why. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

“Have you named her yet?” he asked—casual, calm, collected. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

“You just calm down. We don’t want to hurt you. But we will if we have to.” Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

If I was the one spiraling, she tried to calm me down. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

There was silence again, formal, terrible and calm. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

The activity has woken up the baby, and the little guy groggily lifts his head and stares at me, calm and curious. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

Trying to keep calm, Shin said he had some rice. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

Her hair is calm, a placid yellow lake around her. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

“Lady,” I said, “I think you need to calm down.” Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

My mother was very calm, not at all like she was at home. The Cay 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

She started as if she had seen a ghost: I calmed her. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

Daddy sets his hands out in front of him, breathes himself calm, and then walks toward me. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

Mr. Morris and Lord Godalming started for the door but the Professor’s calm voice called them back:— Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

I closed my eyes and tried to calm myself. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z

I was quite proud of the calm way I stared at all these gruesome things. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

Certainly after 9/11 it was more fraught than before, and then it had calmed for a few years. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

Fencing is mental—balancing respect for the sport, self-confidence, and calm. Black Brother, Black Brother 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

He pulled his toddler brother onto his lap and began rocking until the child calmed. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

I tried to sound calm, but I was freaking out. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

“Baba is at home. She couldn’t sleep last night. She’s afraid another catastrophe will happen. The doctor gave her pills to calm her nerves.” Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z

Ultimately, it was the comfort offered by her brother-in-law Edward Bayard that calmed her. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

If anything, seeing her like this, calm, concerned, sober, I’m starting to sec what she once was and I resent her more, because I’m starting to see what he must have seen in her. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

Aunt Goldie would be in the resting room with Peach, trying to keep him calm and get him to sleep. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

She had a solemn look to her—calm, skeptical, and intense, making it difficult for Gherland to look away. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

He stood in the hall for a few minutes and his face was sad and calm. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

It was not until he had blundered and crashed along his way for some time, wildly upbraiding himself, that he calmed down with the realization that he was well and truly lost. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

I tried to calm him but it was pointless. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

It is like that sometimes—calm, then rains hit. Ninth Ward 2010-08-16T00:00:00Z

Then came silence and calm, as if the impact had paralyzed the sky. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

As I sat on my rock, the spirit within calmed me, told me all was well. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

The look on his face was calm, in control. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

I resisted the urge to hurtle out of the foliage to Otto’s defense, tried to calm my mind enough to reason through what to do. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

“Warning,” announced the calm female voice in the ceiling again. Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z

Roy had expected an emotional reaction to the news of the groundbreaking ceremony, but Mullet Fingers remained surprisingly calm, almost as if he’d been expecting it. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I recommend an infusion of mint leaves and chamomile to calm you.” Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

There, the silence wraps around me like Caleb’s embrace did, calming me. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

And that was why all the grandparents and parents in the room were actually just as tense and excited as Charlie was, although they were pretending to be very calm. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory 1964-09-12T00:00:00Z

I say, but in the back of my head, there’s this voice asking me, real calm, like were just having tea out here, Is this really happening:? The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

I felt panicked and, at the same time, strangely calm. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

She knows how to stay calm and carry on. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

I swallow hard and try to stay calm. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

Every year there are seven days on end when the sea lies still and calm; no breath of wind stirs the waters. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

She stared at the calm delicate profile of Miss Brent. And Then There Were None 1939-11-06T00:00:00Z

She sounded so calm that Virgil almost believed her. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

Despite his best attempts to remain calm, he was still as jittery as he could be in the final minute. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the water, the rocks form a crescent shape that calms the waves and forms a coral reef perfect for snorkeling. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

After a few moments Gum Baby calmed down and sniffled. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

He sat there in the wet discomfort and tried to feel calm. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

I needed something to calm my nervous twitch. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

Harry could not calm her down, and he could not abide the thought of losing a second wife, certainly not one as lovely as Thula. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

Sailing didn’t sound particularly calming and soothing to me, at least not now. Lawn Boy Returns 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It can’t be done that way,” my mother said, lowering her voice and calming me down. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Zu,” I said, sounding strangely calm to my own ears. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

Mae sat there frowning, a great potato of a woman with a round, sensible face and calm brown eyes. Tuck Everlasting 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

He might’ve been seventeen or twenty, it was hard to say, but he was built like a dancer—with long graceful arms and muscular legs, perfect posture and an air of regal calm. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

I stop before our door, trying to catch my breath and calm the wild panic that I’m sure shows on my face. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z

Many soldiers and sailors sat about, oddly calm, like little boys in cowboy uniforms. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Surrounded by men in sport coats and women in nice dresses enjoying their fancy meals, I did what I could to keep my voice calm. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

I had to force myself to remain calm and try to breathe normally. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

It is calm in Milagro; there is a feeling of uninterrupted history everywhere. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

“One man’s trash is another man’s treasure,” Trotter said in a maddeningly calm voice, wandering over to a lower shelf as she did so. The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z

I started calming down by taking deep breaths and concentrating on the smell of dirt on my palms. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

He crouched and took great slow long breaths to calm himself. The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was just sitting there across from me, all calm like he didn’t even care. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

I asked for a brief recess to try and calm Herbert down. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

It could only make things worse, and Mate’s asthma had just begun to calm down. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

All I can do to calm down is take another bite of pie. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

“Let’s calm down,” Mr. Richardson began, but it was too late. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

She leaned her brow into her upper arm, calming her breathing, willing her body to ease. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

“You pushed him off you. You couldn’t have known he would trigger the net at that exact spot,” says Finnick, trying to calm him. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

The paddling would start me moving and I’d still be floating, so I’d calm down enough to realize that if I just kept going, everything would be fine. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z

He was afraid I’d run out, so he calmed me down. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

Hazel spoke in a soothing voice, like she was trying to calm a horse. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

“I been trying to keep him calm. Sometime he explode, but he’s trying.” The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

Lee said again with absolute calm, “General, you must look to your Division.” The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Be calm and strong, old man,” he said. The Old Man and The Sea 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

It now seemed impossible that Ron and Hermione would make up with each other before the holidays began, but perhaps, somehow, the break would give them time to calm down, think better of their behavior... Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

I feel a kind of weird calm, despite the stupidity of what I’ve done. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

I try to calm down, reminding myself that this could not possibly happen. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z

They looked very much alike: tall, with prematurely gray hair, a beak nose, sharp eyes, a calm manner; and their voices sounded alike. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

When we had calmed down, we started walking again. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

She chose a weekend when she knew things would be calm at work; it was just after Christmas, and there was rarely much work till well after New Year’s. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

As calm as I might look, anger boils in my skin. Red Queen 2015-02-10T00:00:00Z

It unknotted the muscles in my back, calmed my pulse. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

“And then?” he said in as calm a tone as he could manage. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z

She calmed down only when they swore that they would take Rosa directly from the house to the Catholic cemetery: only then did she accept the laudanum the doctor handed her. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Grover closed his eyes and took a shaky breath, trying to calm his nerves. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

Brooding the fuzzy, white eyas had calmed him down once. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

With him gone, I was able to calm down again. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z

Now he rode at the front of the cavalcade, with pale cheeks, and Wart wished there was something he could do to calm him down. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

A few moments later, the winds calmed, and the grains of sand fell back to the earth. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

He calmed down a bit, and I went to the bedroom to change. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

The smell of cooking food is often a calming one, and the kitchen grew cozy as the sauce simmered, a culinary term which means “cooked over low heat.” The Bad Beginning 1999-08-25T00:00:00Z

He misses her serene, calm nature, how much she would cry and giggle, how simple she is. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

One by one we ducked into the cairn, disappearing from that calm summer night. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

Indoors, too: When we walk into the foyer, a young girl in a white nurse's cap paces back and forth with a sobbing toddler, trying to calm him. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

“You look ... calm,” Simmon continued, brushing his hand through his hair. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

The troopers’ biggest challenge was calming people down and explaining that no meteors or Martians had fallen. Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z

We looked at each other and seemed to know: it would be death, oth-erwise why was this normally calm man so nervous? Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

I'd make her calm down, and then I'd go over to the other side of the living room and take out this cigarette case and light a cigarette, cool as all hell. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

Now the cold is making me shake violently but it’s also calming the world down. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

No matter where I am, I usually have access to these things, and video games especially help me calm my mind. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

He calmed himself with the knowledge that if lighting struck, the tower’s steel frame would most likely conduct the electricity harmlessly into the ground. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

He looked around at the three shocked faces, and as if he were seeing nothing there but calm agreement, he smiled delightedly and rubbed his hands together. Tuck Everlasting 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the calm stillness I saw him open his eyes, his hand came to my face, tender and searching, wiping away the unruly tears. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

For a few seconds it seemed as if it would tear itself out by its roots, but after a while it calmed down and began to shed food for the hungry family. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z

"If it were not for three things," a calm, clear voice said at his knee, "this village would indeed be happy." When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

Terror clawed at her throat, even as she fought for calm and crawled toward the exit. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

It would be a day of calm, of rest. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

After she calmed down a little, she was able to tell me the story, but I think I missed some bits and pieces because of the crying. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

There’s a stillness, a calm, that he emanates. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Don’t touch him,” Harry said, calm and low, but so ominously that Sully immediately stepped back. A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z

I had regained a fragile sense of calm, and I left the bathroom carrying that calmness delicately, as if it were a china plate balancing on my head. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

At home I used to spend calm, pleasant nights with my family. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

“But I’m no longer concerned about the health risks. And I think it would calm my nerves. There’s a machine in the lobby.” American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

Andrew had been so calm on the phone, no crying, no panic in his voice, so I was thinking, She must be okay. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

I took another puff of the cigar, hoping it would calm me the way the cigarette at Meir’s had done. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

“Leathers, talk to him, calm him. The Old Tongue, he understands the Old Tongue. Keep back, the rest of i you. Put away your steel, we’re scaring him.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Grandma patted him on the knee again to try to calm him down. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

The half-men surveyed the dock workers with a calm detachment so much like Tool that they could have been brothers. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

And now the clashing and conflict of my last days at Mary's seemed to have moved out into the struggles of the community, leaving me inwardly calm and controlled. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

I’m just about calmed down ’cuz I made it to my class before the bell rang and that’s when I see Lymon sitting in back of the class at his desk, smiling. Finding Langston 2018-08-14T00:00:00Z

Mother’s face turned a grayish yellow, but she was calm. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

An hour later, perhaps, Powell looked at his hand on the metal chair-arm and said with frozen calm, “Feel the wall, Mike.” I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z

I saw that I had upset him far more than I had upset myself, and the realisation of this calmed me and gave me a feeling of superiority. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

The other two Careers seem to be trying to calm Cato down. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

The Holy Spirit was calmed, like an ocean after a storm. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

I think about saying something to her, but I’m too busy trying to calm my nerves over Stephanie’s stupid behind. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

To my left, the water is calmer, but to my right, it is white, battling with rock. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

But now was not the time to say that, not when Thorn was just starting to calm down. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

The staff is generous with their time, since they have little to do while they ride out the brief period of calm until the next wave hits. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

Finally he did calm down, his anger spent. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

“I’ll give you a chance to apologize,” he says to Fry, his voice icy and calm, his eyes the opposite. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

His third night on the isle lightened to a calm, pale sunrise. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z

“Don’t,” Byrd says, putting her hand back on Frank’s wrist, like she cares about calming him. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

What appeals to Annabelle most is the calm order of the place, the sense that the crazy world is out there, but it isn’t coming in. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

I could tell he was trying to calm himself, as much as me and my mother. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

“Kind of black, sinking moods. I imagine it’s what being in the eye of a tornado would be like, all calm and blinding at the same time. I hate them.” All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

The few times they had traveled in the car before, the boy had been calm or even excited. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

By the time I had wrangled myself out of my shirt and tzitzis, I had calmed down enough to at least fold the garments. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

When the fire became calm again, I saw the rabbit had turned into meat, browned just right. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

And he’s calm and still ruddy clean and looking like there’s no way he’s not gonna get what he wants. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

Restless, I walk over to my med cart, hoping that moving on to “Before-bed meds” on my to-do list will help calm me down. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

Still not fully grown, he snuggled into the folds of my sweater, and I petted him until he calmed down. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

She took the horn from him, feeling oddly calm. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

The thought ended his brief moment of calm, stirring in his mind a million possibilities of what might live in the maze outside, all of them terrifying. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

I knock softly, already dying for another cigarette to calm my nerves. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

Why couldn’t I have acted strong and calm like Eliza instead of blubbering like a baby? Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

When Mr. Loomis calms down a little, as he seems to be doing, I will run out, take Faro’s food with me, and get the safe-suit. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

I couldn't get it; and now he seemed to move back and forth across my field of vision, although he sat perfectly calm in his chair. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

I tried to stay calm, to move with dignity. The One and Only Ivan 2012-01-17T00:00:00Z

I fought against the painful laughter, and as I calmed I saw them looking at me with a sort of embarrassed gratitude. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

Still, I remind myself to be calm—so I narrow my eyes at him and put my hands on my hips. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

She’s been calm, even as she speeds and swerves around cars on the highway. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

But eventually it had to subside, and the ocean was a little calmer after the convulsion. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

“Thank you,” said Mary Poppins in a calm, very polite voice. Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z

Bate took out a duck from his vest pocket and, holding her in his arm, stroked her breast until she was hypnotized and calm. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

Yet, the woman spoke these sensational things in the calmest, softest voice she had ever heard. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Not even when my mom tries to wrap her arms around me to hug me, hush me, calm me down. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z

We sat there together on the floor, me wrapped in the towel and Kevin with his arm around me calming me just by being there. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

I force myself to remain calm, hoping the container’s airtight. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

I held the Heart of Stone around me like a calming mantle. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Since the mess with Lolo yesterday—and all the time it took to get Abuela calmed down—Mami’s been a little crabby and impatient, too. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

Jackson’s face is impassive, and I try to mimic his calm demeanor. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

Percy had never thought of Mr. D as a calming influence, but suddenly everything got quiet. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Suddenly she wanted to get as far from this god as possible, but she tried to maintain a calm, polite expression. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

She waited until her heart had calmed before she dropped the washrag back into the bucket, her breathing ragged. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

His voice was perfectly calm as he replied. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

When they reached a calmer part of the river, Shay spoke up again. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

It felt like things were starting to calm down and that we had made a new life, yet again. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

He felt a wave of panic and had to tell himself to calm down. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

Ronan seems so calm, but he grunts as he sends the crepe into the air. Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z

By then Sansa was calm again, and ashamed for her folly. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

I touched two fingers to it and looked at ’em and for some reason seeing my own blood like that made me calm down some. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

“They can’t see me . . . not like this . ..” “Oh, calm down,” he says. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

I tried to take a calming breath, but it didn’t help. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z

There was something about washing out her hair that calmed her. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

We in his family recognized the danger in his extremely calm speech, and the rising color creeping toward his hairline. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Its touch calmed her now as much as it had back then. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

But May just stood there, calm as she could be. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Hi!” she said, her voice as calm and plain as their social studies teacher. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

He was trained to remain calm while sorting through loose snippets of information. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Feels a warm calm fill him, and suddenly knows. The Boy Who Dared 2008-02-01T00:00:00Z

I was still covered in goose bumps, and gusts of wind still chilled me from time to time, but my shaking had calmed to just normal shivering, and my teeth stopped chattering uncontrollably. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

He wrote, “He sounds calm in the last message.” Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

She’d have a few cool, calm words to speak to each pilot before she took off. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

He said this so flatly that even I had to strain to hear the fear that I knew hid under that calm voice. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

I still feel a little calm, if you wanna know the truth, tho I probably shouldn’t. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

Even though my father tried to reassure me that we were safe and that the situation would calm down, for the first time, I was really scared. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z

Then again, she would have let her mother drink three bottles a night if it kept her calm, complacent. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

“Guys,” I said, trying to keep things as calm as possible. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

Since the moment when he nearly punched Master Wingfield, the moment when he reined in his anger, Captain Smith has been calm. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z

Annabelle loves calm plus sense, because in her life, that is like a rare desert flower that blossoms only once a year. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

She tried to stay calm, but it was impossible. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Whatever. That’s not the point. The point is, you—sorry, we need to learn how to just calm down and take everything in before trying to pick it all apart.” Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

He looked at her with the same calming smile and patience he had shown me since our lessons began. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

Then an image flashes in my mind, of Captain Smith ready to lose control of his anger, then of him taking a deep breath, focusing, calming, devising a plan. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z

In them, he saw the mournful faces of the companions, the calm face of Adaon. The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z

Mr. Lucas tried to calm everyone down and then Ma Charles made her way into the room. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

But preparing to make the poster is calming. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

Finally I arose in the darkest hours of the night intending to mix a draught of barley water and poppy seeds to calm my whirling thoughts. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

“I’m not!” he tells me, now calm as can be. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

It had taken her father and Aunt Eva a long, long time to calm him down. The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

That was before the old dragon, calm as winter, unveiled the truth. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was the calm in her voice that was crazy. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Coulter felt a calm exhilaration as she spoke. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

Oliver slaps his desk until Mr. Daniels’s pulling on his ear calms him down. Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z

“She’s right, there’s no time for tears now. Be calm, girls, and let me think.” Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her hair, her clothes, they were all heavy with the cold water, but she stood quietly, calm and regal as a mermaid queen who had just arrived out of the sea. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then, very calm and deliberate, he stood up. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

Theology does not thrive in the world of action and reaction, change: it grows on calm, like the scum on a stagnant pool. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her face showed she didn’t believe a word she said, but Amari knew she had to calm the child so as not to provoke Clay’s anger. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

He went over to the kid and somehow calmed him down, got him focused so the meeting could take place. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

To the rest of the world, Katherine appeared smart, curious, calm, together. Confessions of a Murder Suspect 2012-09-24T00:00:00Z

I don’t know how it happened, but I felt myself slipping away from the calm and controlled me into something unfamiliar. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

Wish Mother would stop chiding me to stay calm, which makes it worse. Inside Out and Back Again 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

His softened voice announced that he was subdued; so I, in my turn, became calm. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

My nerves had calmed and my stomach was complaining. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

Under ordinary conditions I can barely pull that anchor with both hands in a calm. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

It’s on a calm tree-lined block that looks like the sort of place nice families live. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Don’t be stupid, Ben,” Alby said, his voice calm as he continued to aim the arrow. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

The waters of the hot spring are still and calm, a cloud of steam hovering over it. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

When I looked into the candle tonight, I felt calm and happy again. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

The demons tried to bluster and threaten, but Uncle remained calm throughout it all. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

My heart thundered at his touch, but I kept my breathing calm. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

As I tore upstairs and out of the hockey arena, I tried to think about where Jules might be, and how to calm down enough so I didn’t scare her. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

In her even, calm voice, Mom says, “James.” All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Her tone was placid and calm, but Pinmei saw that her hand gripped the door tightly. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

The wind blew gently, like the calming touch of a healer. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z

He was tall and square-shouldered, with sleepy-looking eyes and a calm face. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

It’s a tranquillity born of sheer immensity; it calms with its very magnitude, which renders the merely human of no consequence. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

He told himself this was a completely different situation, and willed himself to calm down and ask the cop where the end of the line was for the food giveaway. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

Then Hermione spoke, in a trembling, would-be calm sort of voice, as though trying to will Professor Lupin to talk sensibly. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

It was simply a way to calm her spirit. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

And yet, at the same time, he was strangely calm—in the moment that his marriage was effectively severed he was on solid ground with her for the first time in months. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

I realized just how nervous they were, and that did not make me any calmer. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

I ached to hurry and reach the city, but I couldn’t push past those who walked in front of me, and I wanted to remain gentle and calm. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

That night the two men were being true friends and trying to calm down Bobby about his impending match. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

But then I take a deep breath, tell myself, it’s all right, because by next week he’ll be at CSA and that calms me enough to rummage around for the plastic bag. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

The instant, however, that I did so he became calm, and said apologetically:— Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

She kept her eyes open, and when she looked back down at me, they were dry and calm, like some kind of peace had been returned to her. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

All I could think of was what her father had just said, his voice so calm, his manner so ordinary. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z

Even though he was sweating like a madman, his voice remained calm, reasoned. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Beside her the huntress was relaxed and calm, encouraging her without treating her like a child, and Ash found that it wasn’t so difficult to talk to her, after all. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was sick of him manipulating me with his calm, innocent suggestions. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

Seeing you out there in the evening calm, smiling or humming, might give your neighbor an idea to coerce you from your claim using methods of intimidation, various provocations. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

Listeners wondered how they could possibly remain calm when lethal black smoke was drifting over the landscape and the enemy was moving toward New York City. Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z

“Shhh, shhh, calm, calm. Why are you so agitated? There is no need to worry. You are worried about what? You will tell me what happened that makes you think concussion.” Flora & Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures 2013-09-24T00:00:00Z

“I’m fine, I’m fine,” I said, calming him down. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

When at last the motion ceased, survivors enjoyed just three minutes of calm before a second shock came, only slightly less severe than the first. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

I could see her hands shaking, but it still calmed me. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

When asked about the routine, Missus Nedraw was quoted as saying, “It keeps everything calm and collected.” The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

Violence and shame have lined the old man’s face with mysterious calm. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was no order here, no calm—it was just the opposite of a library. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

I took a deep breath to calm my nerves, dipped the eyedropper into the liquid, and suctioned up a few drops. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

I kept one hand on Dismay; my dog stood next to me, calm and silent, keeping watch. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

“Maddy, calm down,” I hear Elizabeth behind me, and I jog a few more steps ahead, letting other kids swirl around me. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

I took it without being conscious of it, feeling some calm wash over me as he squeezed my fingers. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

She was trying hard to remain calm, for she knew that a group leader must never lose control of herself, even if the group she leads consists of only herself and one brother brat. From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

He speedily learned that Perrault and François were fair men, calm and impartial in administering justice, and too wise in the way of dogs to be fooled by dogs. The Call of the Wild 1903-01-01T00:00:00Z

Eventually, he calms down, but his eyes are all watery. The Misfits 2001-10-01T00:00:00Z

Van Eck’s voice was calm, but an angry flush had crept up his neck. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

“Would y’all mind waiting until this calms down?” he said, worry in his voice. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

Cole guessed she had probably downed a few drinks before coming, something to calm her nerves. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

Instantly, Carmen felt calmer as she breathed in the smell of hay and horses and heard the loud nicker of hello from Rosie. I Survived the Great Molasses Flood, 1919 2019-09-03T00:00:00Z

That didn’t make me calm at all, that was Bud Caldwell’s Rules and Things to Have a Funner Life and Make a Better Liar Out of Yourself Number 83. Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z

These efforts certainly had a calming effect on the populace, and the worst of the panic began to ease. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z

“If you can sit still for ten minutes and calm down, you can come back here and draw on your pumpkin.” Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

But then the eyebrow went down again as he forced himself to remain calm. The Bad Beginning 1999-08-25T00:00:00Z

With a calm skill, without the slightest misstep, he left his accumulated grief behind and found Remedios changed into a swamp without horizons, smelling of a raw animal and recently ironed clothes. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

“I don’t know, that’s just what Tiller said. Maybe some big calm stretch or maybe if we both broke our arms or something.” Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z

When she took refuge from a bad dream with him, nothing could lull her to sleep better than Mo's calm breathing beside her and the sound of the pages turning. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

The saddest part was that he was just getting somewhere, calming her down, when visiting time ended and Sister came through and made him leave along with everyone else. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

Fierce as a wolverine, calm as still water. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

“With patience and calm, even a burro can climb a palm,” Chucha reminds me. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z

I saw them, arms limp, faces sometimes twisted in anguish, mostly calm, and I was afraid of them. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Feigning a calm he did not feel, he groped in the pouch around his neck and took out the two halves of his broken wand. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

Then I heard a policeman telling him to calm down. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

He found a woman with flaccid breasts, affectionate and cheap, who calmed his stomach for some time. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

It had just been an argument and surely he would come back once he calmed down, once he got hold of himself. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

He expected that he'd be jittery or in a hurry but he was able to keep a calm, even pace. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

“Calm down, calm down,” said Mr. Big Bucks Ballard, pulling at his tie. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

But just as he started to feel a tiny bit calmer, there was a loud thud at the end of the roof. I Survived Hurricane Katrina, 2005 2011-04-01T00:00:00Z

Maybe whatever caused the power outage has finally begun to calm. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

There’s a moment of calm before the storm. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

I’d been trumpeting it for more than a year and a half now, all over America: My husband was calm and prepared. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

There were the good ones, and the brave ones, and the calm ones and the sensible ones, and they deserved it. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

A cup of hot milk would calm her nerves. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z

Calm down, will ya? foreman: Don’t tell me to calm down. Twelve Angry Men 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

Because of the wooden door the change in Gregor's voice was not really noticeable outside, so his mother calmed down with this explanation and shuffled off. The Metamorphosis 1915-01-01T00:00:00Z

He appeared calm, cool and collected, even though he was surrounded by a sea of white faces. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

Manchee’s sniffing away like mad, running from building to building, and I’m doing my best to calm my Noise but there don’t seem any chance of that. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

If the Sea King could calm the waters, the monsters would stop coming to shore. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

She savored his looks and blue calm and craved the moments when, in the course of routine tasks, their bodies would touch. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

I had fallen into a calm and fuzzy place, almost asleep, when I heard muffled sniffing sounds coming from Stick’s side of the room. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

I don’t need to, since my hair is generally tangle free, but combing my hair has this calming effect on me. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

He’d been calm after dinner, but now he was agitated again, pacing and whining constantly. Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z

Eventually, the slightly frazzled volunteer calmed it down and filled it up with cool, fresh water, and he was able to hit the road again. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mother’s voice was calm and clear, but her hands were shaking. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

Thunder and lightning broke overhead, while in our house, a dreadful calm settled like clear water in a tainted pool. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

It was so bad, the kid’s mother couldn’t calm me down, and she had to call my mother to come pick me up. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

When the food had arrived, when we were eating and I was calmer, the kitchen began to blur around me. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

How could her husband be so calm when every branch of the armed forces was scrambling? Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

And I began being very nice to him, just trying to keep things calm until I could get Tabitha and myself away from Kakuma. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

Instead, I couldn’t calm down enough to rest. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Finally, I put us on a calm sandy beach with the sun setting into the horizon. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

Luke Messenger just sits back in one of the red padded chairs of Big Chuck’s with his hands folded across his chest, calm as the setting sun. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

I repeat that process over and over again until I calm down a little. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Try to stay calm, Annabel. I’ll be back in two minutes to lead you out there. I just want to check that my music is ready onstage. Now please line up by section, okay?” Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

The laugh cut out abruptly, and she returned to the calm voice. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

I listen close again, trying to calm my Noise so I can hear it. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

Some of the kids in the saddle behind her were shouting and crying now, while others tried to calm them down. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

All of that muscle, previously so calm and steady, was suddenly bunched and bristle- backed. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

She kept her eyes on Barry’s face, and he did his best to look calm, like Dad on the plane. I Survived Hurricane Katrina, 2005 2011-04-01T00:00:00Z

It took every last ounce of his effort to remain calm and keep his swirling emotions and anger and madness at bay. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

It helps to calm me as I try to prepare for the next hour. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

Siddhartha was silent and looked at him with his calm, peaceful smile. Siddhartha 1922-01-01T00:00:00Z

If she was going to make this plan work, she had to be smart, stay calm. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

The little bit of light that came through the hole in the paper made me get calm enough that I could lay my head on my pillow and take a nap. Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z

The face gazed up at him, heavy, calm, protecting, but what kind of smile was hidden beneath the dark mustache? 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

Most of the time, his mom was calm and in charge and knew what to do. Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z

He did not knock upon Dumbledore’s door, he hammered; and the calm voice answered, “Enter” after Harry had already flung himself into the room. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

The dog had calmed down, as if she’d finally found the one place in the world she most wanted to be. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

As Gray passed Bristle and Runt, his very presence seemed to calm them, as if he were an unseen hand stroking their backs. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

“Pretty calm. I suppose even someone from Boston could manage.” Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

I should carry extra Jolly Ranchers to keep her calm in situations like this. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

It’s calm, too calm, yellow fluttering birds that don’t belong in this life-bucking tempest. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

The man was trying to calm the woman, telling her she must be quiet, but her screams had turned to wailing. Surviving Hitler: A Boy in the Nazi Death Camps 2001-03-01T00:00:00Z

He went on, different again, his voice calmer. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

His voice came out sounding wild, like even calm, easygoing Chess was on the verge of panic. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

Seven focused, taking deep calming breaths and trying not to fidget, as a beautiful pearl color filled one amulet, then another. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

Everything seemed calm, and I told Grandma it was safe to go home. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

They traveled nearly four miles south to the Fifty-Fifth Street beach, where they left the bus and sat unnoticed, trying to calm down. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

“I don’t know about that, but I just started freaking out earlier. And you help calm me down so...” Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

Even as she calmed down, she knew that things were different now. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

“Not after a blue rinse. We have residual heat signatures all over the place. Mostly solinium flares. It won’t calm down for a couple of days.” Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

But he did seem surprisingly at ease with me—much calmer than I would have been at his age about the sudden appearance of a stranger in my bedroom. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

He sat on his horse among the cattle looking very calm. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Everything seems to have calmed down again today! The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

She has decided to keep going, as anyone could tell by her closed eyes and calm expression. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

It drifted over a calm spot just beyond the waves, and, thankfully, no fires were burning nearby. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

Then, slowly, my writhing calmed as my hand grew more and more numb. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

McNab was gaping at the kid, who was still standing there all calm and cool, waiting for the next pitch. Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

“He wants to ask you some questions. So just be calm and try to tell him whatever he wants to know.” Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

Lo and behold, the mouth of a calm river at length came into view, with level shores unbroken, free from rock, shielded from wind— by far the best place he had found. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

He only looks at the keys now, and I wonder what lurks beneath the cool, calm exterior of my friend. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

Any enthusiasms that little Nel showed were calmed by the mother until she drove her daughter’s imagination underground. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

I take deep calming breaths with every step, until I find myself at the corner across from the bus stop. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

Once again I found my calm, steady voice and brought our demands to Cecile at our next sit-down dinner. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

Spittle flies from the sheriff’s lips as he speaks, and as she fights to maintain her sense of calm she still flinches away from the sheriff’s crazed words. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

So here I am, fingers and toes crossed that everything is calm at home. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

The red eyes looked into his face, calm and fearless and fierce; the naked head turned from side to side. The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

I tried to remain calm, but every time we passed a pew there’d be a ripple of noise, a barely subdued wave of gawker excitement. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

“Probably have to wait until after the weather calms down,” he says. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

While trying to have our usual space talk, it made me dizzy just watching Mrs. B feed, change, calm, and entertain Sabrina. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

Instead, I stare at the candlewick as it flickers against the Virgin’s calm smile. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

His froglike face grew calmer, and even took on a slightly sanctimonious expression. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

She jumped out of bed, picked him up in her arms, and rocked him, trying to calm him. The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

I opened my eyes, savoring the warm calm that was sweeping over me. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

In a slow, calm voice, he asked, “Are you all right, Billy?” Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

I slowly open my eyes, and things are a little calmer now. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

Shackleton believed that keeping to some pretense of normal routine would calm the men’s nerves and settle their fears. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z

He willed his heart to maintain a calm beat. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

But, even as the calm spread over me, I knew I couldn’t trust my feelings with Jasper there. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

Therefore, as a group, he thought, they quietly conspired to keep things calm. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

His temper was quick fused and uncontrollable and once he passed a certain point, not even Lillian could calm him. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

But instead of calmed, his opponent was angered. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Perhaps you learned something, or perhaps the concentration required calmed you, even if you did lose a preponderance of games. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

Finally, after he calmed down a bit, a miraculous idea occurred to him. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

You whispered to Kutti and stroked him until he was calmer. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

Though it wasn’t after dinner, I lit the cigar—a Davidoff Grand Cru No. 3 —and stood smoking, trying to calm myself. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

Was that President Franklin Roosevelt urging the nation to stay calm? Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z

I calmed down enough to make it downstairs. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

Even reciting prime numbers didn’t calm me down. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

We turn to music to feel better, relieve anxiety, overcome a difficult situation, find calm and peace, or feel empowered and fearless. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

His massive, plain, blunt presence was enough to calm them. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

Their canoes, drifting nearby, were sound, and the weather overnight had been calm and mild. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

I saw the people around me, calm, happy, excited in the way of people open to the spirit. Taste of Salt: A Story of Modern Haiti 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mom was so calm that it was spooky. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

The unchecked stream flows smoothly down its appointed channels into a calm well-being. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

In any case, it eased her headache and calmed her mind. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

Bigwig remembered the night in Efrafa when he had calmed her by talking of the high downs and the certainty of their escape. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You may not have much time. I’ll try to explain, calm them down. But you know how they are. Your father may rip this door from its hinges.” The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

Adults were supposed to be calm and collected. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Aunt Anne sat down with deceptive calm, and gave us a disarming smile. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z

It frightened him that he slept well at nights, that he was still calmed by the scent of orange leaves and the turquoise stillness of the sea, that he was sentient. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

The captain screams for everyone to stay calm or the boat will tip over, but I do not pay attention to him. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Aurelia, for her part, entered the Colosseum with calm, steady steps, her head, draped with a blue and silver palla, poised, the picture of youthful dignity. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z

On the way to the base Colonel Meecham announced to his sons in a calm, didactic voice that they were both in critical need of a haircut. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

The ocean was calm on this day and we were able to hunt abalone among the rocks. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mark imagined the scene, all while holding his hand out and trying to look calm for Deedee. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

New Guineans manage to look secure while paddling dugouts on calm lakes and rivers, but not even New Guineans can use a dugout in seas with modest waves. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

Don Walter is speaking in his low, calm voice, and I’m try- ing to listen, but all these beautiful things are bombarding my senses. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

The voice I had heard on the terrace was calm and practical. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

Thus, instead of whimpering when the time came, she hoped Alba would be calm, because in her case death would not be a separation, but a way of being more united. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

We lay there, looking calm, even though I was feeling everything but calm inside. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

I crept back into the basement like a highly skilled sneak thief and then proceeded to listen to the most calming music I know: the Beatles. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was too calm, I thought, just like he was the night his dad was murdered. Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

The sight of that boy burst the temporary bubble of calm in a heartbeat. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

The doctor in Insterburg taught me that talking to patients often calmed them. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

“We just need to stay calm and ride out the storm.” Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

Morning in late February, and the air smells rainy and calm. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

Gradually, their lungs calm and they breathe more softly, less deeply. Paradise on Fire 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

But he reaches over and eases his hand into my hand as we drive past Bad Leg, and my stomach settles, my thoughts calm. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

She gave up and dropped into a calm eddy of air behind a bank of willows. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

He was a lean, happy, excitable man who had turned out to be calm and serene in combat. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

As a toddler, whenever I had tantrums, Mom would run a warm bath and dunk me in, and I’d calm down. The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z

“It wasn’t a Bonanza,” said Hugh, ignoring with a glacial calm the thrashing and yelps of his son. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

How could two such different cultural universes maintain themselves across a calm strait only 10 miles wide and routinely traversed by canoes? Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

The seas calmed late on the second night, and I was able to walk a bit. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

It wouldn’t last, he knew, but for a moment Luke felt calm. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

When the wind blew, she thought she saw a shadow to the east, but calm air brought a heat haze. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

I didn't see how yelling at someone to calm down would actually get them to calm down. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

And just the words had helped, had calmed Derek and himself as well. The River 1991-06-01T00:00:00Z

He calmed them, though, and looked at me for a moment without saying anything. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z

He calmed me down and told me everything was fine, only we’d better not sing that song anymore. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

After humming to Otto for a minute to get him nice and calm, I approached the exit. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

She reached up with her left hand and stroked his scalp with her nails, and it calmed him down instantly. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

They look like a disease, but to the north and west, the untouched hills are a calm reminder. Red Queen 2015-02-10T00:00:00Z

Darin’s calm is sheared away as if by a scythe, his face blanched with a horror I feel down to my bones. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

But I keep smoking because I’m hoping that one day it will feel good, that I’ll be all floaty and calm, like everyone says. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

On each calm placid turn the fish made he was gaining line and he was sure that in two turns more he would have a chance to get the harpoon in. The Old Man and The Sea 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

There’s a forced, practiced calm in his tone. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

Lee Chong stood in back of the cigar counter and his nice brown eyes were turned inward on a calm and eternal Chinese sorrow. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her voice was utterly calm, her usual nervous laugh gone. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

I feel calmer when I see that most of the crowd is doing the same thing. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

She smiled, and pinched my arm, and I thought about being placid, how quiet and comfortable it sounded, someone with knitting on her lap, with calm unruffled brow. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

Her heart beat so quickly, and yet she felt utterly calm—as if she could have stayed there forever and not minded, stayed there forever and let the world fall apart around them. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

It took me several minutes to calm down and realize that I hadn’t killed him. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

I might have been calm, but my dear father was near tears. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

To calm him down, I told him I’d think about running away to the North. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Celaena didn’t hear him, and though they talked for a good hour afterward meandering through the grounds, she couldn’t get her heart to calm. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

He lightly touched his hand to my shoulder, and the physical contact seemed to make his calming influence stronger. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

The silence surged back, smoothing itself as black water smooths to its old surface calm over a dropped stone. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

The tortured air had calmed but still shifted back and forth. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

Let me be calm, for out of that way lies madness indeed. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

After we’d calmed down a little, we cleaned up around the blockhouse and carried our rocket and our other gear to Roy Lee’s car. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

Tally took a deep breath, trying to calm herself. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

“We’re going to ignore that poor guy up there and walk nice and calm to the cockpit. Let’s go.” The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

I think another drink will calm me down, which is a bad sign. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

Will looked up at the face of this man who had so much that he wanted even more, and found him disconcertingly smooth and calm and powerful, not in the least guilty or ashamed. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

“What do you think you saw, honey?” her mother asked, reaching across the table to calm Stella’s fingers. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

The gentle calm had left her voice and face. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

You have shown such a calm, patient determination to reclaim this country as your own, and now the joy that we can loudly proclaim from the rooftops — Free at last! Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then the man with the toothpick moved his hands like he was telling everyone else to calm down. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

It was in her voice when she said, “Luke, calm down. I’m sure he’s fine.” We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

As she spoke she saw his eyes grow calmer, as if her words were soothing him. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

I tried to stay calm, but the way he spat the word out—Blue—rankled my already frayed nerves. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

I forced myself to take deep breaths and tried to calm down. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

Jessie sighed with relief and took a few deep, calming breaths. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

Miss Ulfat, my all-time favorite teacher, told us to stay calm. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

His face was broad, much blunted and worn down by time, like a rock in a torrent: a calm face, terribly calm. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

But he had his moments of calm: when he slipped through some cellar door in his memory, back to his boyhood and the stories his grandmother used to tell him. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

"If you are pure of heart," the old man said, "this stone will bring the Sea King to calm the waters." When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

He sits in the classroom and offers those sitting beside him no calming reassurance about their own lives. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Up north on that same evening, things were not so calm. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

She had long brown hair, which she usually wore pulled back in a straight ponytail, hazel eyes, and a calm way of talking. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

The victims had to call a doctor and take medicine to calm down or sleep. Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z

It's calming to watch the leaves flutter when the breeze tickles them. Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

But his life had finally calmed down enough to return to the troubling question of Katherine III, and the failure of his memory. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z

Chizu, her calm shattered, was yelling at him to slow down, Mama was too, and May was screaming. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z

She went back to her office to make the calls, and I sat there trying to calm myself down. Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Everyone’s eyes were now on Lupin, who looked remarkably calm, though rather pale. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

This time, she was in a group of people, standing at the water’s edge, looking at a dorsal fin poking out from the flat calm. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

“I’m sorry I didn’t tell you,” he said, his voice calm. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z

Despite the efforts of Mrs. Rimas, she could not be calmed. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

Kendra wished she could be so obliviously calm about the whole thing. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

The more she freaks out, the calmer he sounds. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

I tried to keep my voice calm as the grape vines continued to wrap around my legs. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

“Turn off the light,” he said over his shoulder in a low, calm voice. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

"Bruno is a mouse," my grandmother said, calm as ever. The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z

Frank wondered how the mortals could be so calm. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

She concentrated on feeling calm, but instead she kept feeling overcome with the seriousness of their life now. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

Driven mad by itching, Seabiscuit began to lose his newfound calm. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Well, sorry to let you down,” said Harry, his voice quite calm even though he felt hollow, inadequate. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

It left no room for the calm contemplation necessary to do a sage’s work. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

He calmed me, patting my hand like an old woman. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Nora comes home calm as if she had been at the seaside. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

So of all islanders—of all ancestries—the Review would seek as calm an approach as possible in this emergency. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

Nothing but emergency broadcasts, telling people where to go, where not to go, and to remain calm. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

She said that she was baffled too, and that I should not mistake her calm probing for the absence of anger. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

At the end of class, I spoke to the teacher to get a list of back assignments, and during the conversation, I asked if she could do something to calm people down. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

The blessing of that corn pollen helped keep me calm and balanced and safe. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Yes, thank you,” I said, trying to keep my voice calm. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

I listen to his heartbeat and, after a while, find a way to let the rhythm calm me. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

Dad, his eyes pleading, his voice calm, says, “Isabella, please take my hand. Please.” Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z

Her manner was as calm and unruffled as her hair. Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z

Before the Ecuadorian army could bring calm using tanks and tear gas, several people were killed. Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z

But he was such a calm, strong fish and he seemed so fearless and so confident. The Old Man and The Sea 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

A surprising sense of calm eased his nerves; he let out a long sigh of relief. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

He handed a can to Chas, then Kevin, and then he grabbed one from the shrine and tilted it toward me, a calm and serious look in his steady, fly half eyes. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

And then she sat there, never having felt this brittle before, waiting to calm down, waiting for the nightmare to end, slowly and desperately and like a little child shaking her head. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

I made sure the water was nice and warm, and he calmed down once it started running along his body. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

I feel calm until we reach the fence. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

“No, you don’t understand,” I said, finding it not a bit calming. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

She has soft auburn hair cut short, a calm voice, and patient eyes that crinkle when she laughs. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

Soon I was floating on a sea of dispassionate calm. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Mister Singer sat on the banisters of the porch and he was the only person who kept calm. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

“I don’t mean to interrupt when you’re...meditating,” I said quietly and, I hoped, peacefully so that I wouldn’t ruin her calm mood, “but I want to volunteer to work on the musical.” Liar, Liar 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

I prefer the earlier ones, with their daytime clarity, their calm arrested gestures. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

I remember how calm she had always seemed when I was little, with her soothing voice and gentle smile. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

Hype tries to calm everyone down as he comes from behind the turntables. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

He was strangely calm, like he didn’t know, or remember, what had just happened. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

I feel myself starting to calm down, heartbeat dialing back to normal. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

That alone calmed his nerves and gave him hope. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

Only at dusk, in the calm of those moments shared over a cup of tea, could he see her human side. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

And she likes having the space to herself, the stillness and the calm sweetened with the subdued scent of frozen flowers. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

He looked black and yet nonblack, calm yet on the edge of turmoil, vaguely dangerous. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

“Okay,” I answered, trying to keep my voice calm. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

Where my grandfather was big and boisterous, my grandmother was calm, calculating, with a mind as sharp as anything. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

The circle of water slowly calms down, having absorbed the giant wave. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

But his steady eyes were on me, calm and level. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was comparative calm in the Wormwood household for about a week after the Superglue episode. Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z

A popular Polish Catholic priest urged calm, calling the riots a “black pogrom” and hinting that the Irish were the culprits, trying to draw the Lithuanians into the battle. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

I press my forehead against the smooth bark and try to calm my breathing. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

I noticed that his gestures were becoming tighter than before, that somehow he appeared more calm and ordered, which seemed to me unusual, given how we were drinking. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

I feel immeasurably calmer when we go back outside, even if Rachel is still there, standing down at the bottom of the garden by the fence, watching one of the trains go past. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

I bite my lip, try to stay calm. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

I felt now as composed as ever I did in my life: there was nothing indeed in the gipsy’s appearance to trouble one’s calm. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

I wanted movement and not a calm course of existence. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Wilbur loved the barn when it was like this—calm and quiet, waiting for light. Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z

But he doesn’t look that sorry to me, now that he’s calmed down. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

Mr. Dimblewit held his hands up, the smug smile spreading on his putty-like face as he tried to calm the audience down. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

My desperation to see him calm and content gave me extra inspiration. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

Besides, the sound of my own voice always calms me down. Liar, Liar 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

When he felt the world tilting, Nathan took a few calming breaths. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

Throughout it, Barack stayed calm, though I could see what the pressure did to him. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

In a voice deceptively calm, I replied that he oversimplified the whole issue. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

I can’t fight them off, so I have to calm down. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

Newt finally calmed everyone down again, but Gaily wasn’t finished. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

But once the civilization calmed, quieted, and wars ceased, the question became senseless in a new way. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

In a moment he was back: calm now, beaming, a dad from an ad. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

We can't go to downtown Greenville without seeing the teenagers walking into stores, sitting where brown people still aren't allowed to sit and getting carried out, their bodies limp, their faces calm. Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z

I can feel her calm down, and she’ll trace her fingers along my cheek, just like she does in the morning, and give me a kiss good night. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

Inside the harbor the water was calm, and as they moved past the massive breakwater Lyra began to feel unsteady from the lack of motion. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

He seemed calm, well rested, more than he had any right to be. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

I kept talking, as if my voice might calm us both. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

Building Legos wasn’t calming me or making me remember good times. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

Bast closed his eyes and drew a deep breath, obviously trying to calm himself. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

But the place where he and his friends swam was farther down the river, a bend where the water, protected by encircling rocks, was calm, separated from the fast-moving water farther out. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

I stopped, took a deep breath, made myself calm down. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

“Okay, okay, shh,” Chess whispered, more to calm her down than because he believed there was any hope. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

I stood very still, gazed down at her with frozen calm. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

She never hesitated when they sparred, but she seemed to sink far within herself, into a place that was calm and cool, but also angry and burning. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

“So, what was it like, then, Luke?” she asked, countering my red-hot rant with a cool white calm. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

His mind was calm enough for that, but only just. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

The wireless operator stared at the coded abbreviations, then spoke into the headset, giving orders in German with confident calm. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

I learned that the horizon, as seen from a height of five feet on a calm day, was two and a half miles away. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

Some bodies with calm faces and satisfied hands. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z

Archie had detected another quality in the voice—a deadly calm, determination. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Perhaps we should just cross here. There are fewer boulders in the river, and who knows how far we'd have to go to find a calmer spot.” Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

Every movement of his was sure, calm, confident. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

It was that sense of calm and warmth. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

I even dreamed that we would go to the meeting, and afterward things would calm down considerably at school. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Very few of the top gymnasts can manage that,” my mom said, hoping her levelheadedness would calm me down. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

She tried calming him, lowering his pulse, but she was afraid of stopping his heart. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

“Ben,” I said, trying to sound calm, trying to sound like my mom. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

“Even a simpleton knows there’s two roads to Haven,” he says, his voice calm and silky, almost smirking but not quite. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

Now, in this momentary calm, the words “New York City” came as a shock. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

And Mr. Shears shouted, “Now let’s us all just calm down here, shall we?” The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

What also did not lead to calm thoughts were rumors coming out of the jungle to the effect that the agent was wiping out whole villages upriver on the Congo. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

While the others were taking their siestas she would practice the clavichord for two hours, knowing that the daily sacrifice would keep Fernanda calm. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

If she cries, he will nose his way into her arms and curl up there until she calms down and falls asleep. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

And he reminded her of how quickly she was adapting, his tone always calm, always consoling. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

Taisin tried to school her expression into one of calm blankness; she had the irrational fear that Kaede could see right through her. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

Finn watched his calm, sane, perfect brother go crazy. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

I tried to calm Dad but my voice trembled, cracked. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

They lay there breathing together in utter calm, like brother and sister, until day began to break and the light from the window became stronger than the light of the lamp. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her eyes were calm and steady and smiling at me. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

“Please calm down. Help's on the way, sir.” Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

Here was a call for my death—an invitation from one terrorist to another, saying, “Go ahead, shoot her”—and I was as calm as could be. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

After all the things she’d been through, Jason found it odd that she would freak out now while Piper acted so calm. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

They also wanted to keep the citizens of Philadelphia calm by showing that they were taking firm steps to deal with the problem. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z

Imani breathes in and out, in and out, trying to get calm. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z

“That’ll be really cool. Make it big and give back to the community,” I say really calm, but my heart is doing backflips. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

She calmed her breath so she could listen. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

He tried to bring out the practiced breathing he used to make himself calm down during matches—in and out through his nose—until he could speak. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

The second I reach the door, I feel calmer. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

She paused, rubbed her forehead, and when she was calm again, she continued. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

“The girl can heat some wine to calm your nerves.” Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

How can one calm him without making him suspicious? All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

The idea calmed me somewhat: I lay down. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

Bobby’s prediction was calm and direct, and reveals his belief in himself and his abilities. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

I hold the letter up, feeling calmer and more focused than I have in weeks. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

Jasper’s voice was calm, methodical, as he questioned her in a practiced way. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

Or the eerie calm in Eric’s voice as he questioned me? Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

Each stroke sliced away a piece of calm. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z

Ripples disrupt the calm surface as cracks tremble across the glaze, and then it collapses in shards of flowered porcelain. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

“Calm down. You have to calm down. I’ve got you. I’m right here.” The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

I take a breath, try to calm the fury inside me. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z

I ignore them and talk to Natalie in a sweet calm voice, as if she were a baby too. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

Well, there was one difference between him and the inmates, I thought darkly as I tried to calm us both down. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I silently practice my Wohlfahrt etudes, without the bow, just the fingering, simply to calm my pounding heart. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

Patrick offered her an arm and she slipped a gloved hand in the crook of his elbow, inscrutable behind her dark glasses, calm as a bride. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

I get him water and the aspirin, and when he finally calms enough to sleep, I perch in the chair beside the bed. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

“This is a disaster. Give him a glass of water. We can go in a little while when he’s calm.” Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

In the small powerboat he’d hired, Bud Schlesinger rode the wild water, scouring the chaos all around with his eyes, and trying to calm the fears of the owner. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

“The law is for men,” Hildy says, her voice staying calm, like we were standing there talking bout the weather. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

He was dreaming now of healed wounds, new life, and calm. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z

When she calms herself she finds she has snipped her prize butterfly orchid. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Achelous seemed to calm down a little, which was a relief to Piper. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Finally, she calmed down enough for Matt to check up on what Tom and Felicia were doing. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

I tried to calm her as I explained, but the expression on her face turned from astonishment to fear. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Papa’s voice, his gentle, calm, reasonable demeanor, often had that effect. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

Her black face, stained with tears, was calm. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

He held out his hand, and his voice was calm like it was when he told her she had to get three teeth pulled at the dentist last year. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

I’d tried always to bring the most calm and open part of myself to these meetings, to lend my own strength by being caring and present, sitting quietly on the riverbed of other people’s pain. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

Once the applause calms, Dona Amelia says, “And now for the Queen of Water ... Maria Virginia Farinango!” The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

I could not see anything of my friend in that worn, calm, hard old face that met my gaze. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

My sudden awareness of my foolishness made me calm. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z

But except for a few whispers, school is relatively calm. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

I make sure my hair is pulled back flawlessly, that my face is clean and calm and devoid of emotion. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

The nuns' house, at the edge of La Saline, felt sturdy and solid, cool and calm. Taste of Salt: A Story of Modern Haiti 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I might if I chose,” he said in a calm voice. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z

It was only a small area—the clearing where they stood.The trees surrounding them were still and calm, the branches not so much as swaying with a wind. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

And in the middle of my tears, a calm steals over me. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

In spite of his great air of calm, he was angry. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

As the clock ticks closer and closer to midnight, I watch Will, fast asleep on the other side of my laptop screen, his face calm, peaceful. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

“Now go downstairs and see Mrs. Howard for a focus session. If you calm down you can join your class after lunch for math drills.” Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Thinking about Slash calmed Nate down a bit, and put that strong, shimmering feeling inside his chest again. I Survived the American Revolution, 1776 2017-08-01T00:00:00Z

Warmth spread from that point throughout his body, calming him, lessening the pain. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

She took a deep breath to calm herself. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

It hardly seemed a song to calm the children. The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

His face was calm; his hand lay outstretched and open on the ground. The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z

He seemed calm enough, tired but calm, and his intelligent eyes met mine with a sad, quiet candor. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

I don’t know how long the calm lasted. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

That expression was quickly replaced by what looked like a totally fake calm. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

The man moved with exquisite calm, like a leaf drifting on the surface of a pond, making its own way on gentle currents. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

He threw his arms around Henry and sobbed in his lapel while Henry just stood there, gazing off into the distance with a haggard, stoic calm. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

When he began to calm down I gave him directions to the house of my friend and attorney Dullah Omar, who lived in the Indian area of the city. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Klauson was crying, her husband saying something over and over in a calm, steady voice. The Miseducation of Cameron Post 2012-02-07T00:00:00Z

Evening was come, not with calm beauty but with the threat of violence. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

I simply can’t stand Mother, and I have to force myself not to snap at her all the time, and to stay calm, when I’d rather slap her across the face. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

Or maybe she found the crackling fire calming. Willodeen 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

So Luke stood up, trying to cross his legs as he did—hoping that situation would calm down a bit before he got back to the couch. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

It doesn’t calm me or quell my anger. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

Her eyes were no longer red, but a calm blue like a deep aquarium. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

His eyes still crazy, but everything else too calm for what he’d just done. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

He was always the calm one of the family. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

Papa cut him short then, but I could not hear much of what he said, because he spoke in low, soothing tones, as though he were calming Ade down. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

Her tone seemed way too ... calm for the circumstances. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

In the midst of the chaos in my mind, that’s the thought that calmed me. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

Purple mountains reaching towards angelfeather clouds; a falcon soaring in a calm blue sky; God combing His sunshine fingers through green pastures straight out of the Psalms. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Nhamo waited two days longer to be sure the weather had calmed down. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

As he sat down across from me, everything about him was calm as a Sunday morning. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

He was still beating the dead bird when Billy Buck pulled him off and held him tightly to calm his shaking. The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

I’m going to let Mom and Dad calm down, and then ask them about you. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

He was a heavyset black man who had seemed calm during the meeting. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

She nodded without altering her calm expression, and her husband nodded back in silence. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

In an intense but calm voice, the assassin confided to Augustus, as though trying to persuade him, the strangest thing: “I’m mad. I’m mad!” Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

The calm whisper of the instructor: relax your shoulders, drop your elbows. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

Kneeling at the new bed helped calm the shaking in her knees. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

He would hand Monsieur Giannot the stone, and Giannot would pull brass lorgnettes out of his breast pocket and fit their lenses over his calm eyes and tell him: real or fake. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

Ending her day in Scenes from Darkest Africa never failed to cast her into a river of calm, the simple theater becoming more than theater, a genuine refuge. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

His blue eyes might be crystal bright, but he was still a calm ocean. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

“The King’s chief philosopher himself has said that greenwitches do nothing more than calm one’s nerves — which is no small thing,” William said. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

She had forgotten what a calm person he was. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

The stiff winds that plastered snow onto the face and made the eyes water had calmed. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

I feel strangely calm as I say it, calmer than I’ve felt in weeks. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

My mind became unnaturally calm, as if part of me had lifted right up out of my body and was sitting on a tree limb watching the spectacle from a safe distance. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

I center myself—take a deep, calming breath, reminded of the one thing I have in common with Indiana Jones besides proficiency with a whip. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

The scythes began to calm down, and Xenocrates pointed an accusing finger. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

The realization is calming, and my heart finally settles down. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

Then, leaning slowly forward, he stretched out his arm and, calm as could be, snagged one by its feet. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

I patted Bessie on the head, trying to calm him down. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

Werfel was too watchful and frightened himself to calm his guest down. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z

I take the pail from her and spoon out the cream, trying to stay calm. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

I sat calm enough through the first act. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

I pushed myself up off the ground, feeling calmer now. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

At that moment, in 1981, the Cold War hinged on the calm nerves and training of one American spy, standing knee-deep in chilly water in a Moscow manhole. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

When he calmed down, he heard the metal-on-metal clink in his head. Clayton Byrd Goes Underground 2017-05-09T00:00:00Z

“I think maybe you should spend some time in your room. Until you calm down.” Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

Principal Harrison is the only calm presence in the room. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

He’d crouch a few feet away from the edge of her canvas and just wait, breathing as he always did, steady and calm. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

“Welcome, Miss Chen,” she says, bowing her head in a calm gesture. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

But the guy acted so calm about the whole thing that I found it hard to be afraid. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

Now she sounded like the old Shelly, incredibly calm and sure of herself. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

“Now, please turn around. Turn around very slowly. Let’s all stay nice and calm.” The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

Bear, who had come to know my humors well, worked hard to calm me. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z

So, to calm him down, I said, “I just came by to see if I could help.” Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

Mother said I was the only one who could calm him, and I persuaded myself that that was true. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

He was very sensitive—he’d flare up and fight in a minute—but I could talk to him and he would calm down and talk to me. Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

And finally he calmed himself with what he thought of, self-mockingly, as “housekeeping concerns.” Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

At length she grew more calm and turning to him said, sweetly, but oh! so sorrowfully, as she held out her hand:— Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

The rocks were dirty and washing them kept her calm and away from Madam. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

And the colleges of Oxford, after a brief and turbulent interlude, were settling back into the calm of scholarship and ritual. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

Mama would try to calm the men down. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z

Dalgard hung up the phone highly disturbed, but he maintained his usual calm manner. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Owens put an arm around the woman-shape and spoke to it privately, in a low voice, calm and sensible. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

That did little to calm Thomas’s passengers, who had “suffered agony.” Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z

Claire thought of Alys as the calmest person she knew, the person who had seen the worst of things over her long life and was not surprised or distressed by any of it anymore. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

The children had now calmed themselves and were lapping water out of the faucet with their tongues. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z

It was still very early, only just past true dawn, and the water was so calm he could see his reflection. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z

And then suddenly, click went her face into a look of almost seraphic calm. Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z

I breathed their scent to calm my roiled thoughts, even while I prayed for Hamlet to appear. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

Somehow Johnny must draw into himself something of Rab’s calm, his nerveless strength. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

He looked perfectly calm as he watched them mutter themselves into silence. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

It was late at night when the city of Rio de Janeiro first came into view, and the ship finally passed the famed Sugar Loaf peak, which marked the entrance into Rio’s calm natural harbor. Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z

On them were pictures of Chinese ladies and gentlemen, dressed in colored gowns and robes, walking on little bridges over a calm blue lake. The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

I notice her blouse has pulled out of her skirt in the back again and force myself to stay calm. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

In the quiet of his office my ears begin to calm down. Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z

I wince and try to focus on his calm face. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

She drove us to a white bungalow, three stories high, an oasis of calm in the midst of all the noise and bustle. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

“Ah . . .” Apollo said, and I got the feeling he was forcing himself to sound calm. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

He sat there, calm as could be, knowing I couldn’t reach in and get him. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

Never a tremor of wind, or a splash of rain, no errant snowflake comes to stain that heaven, so calm, so vaporless, the world of light. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Which was weird because when he played his musical instrument, he was real calm and silent. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

She looked like she was trying to calm herself. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

I recalled something in the myths about how she could calm her husband’s moods. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

In the calm of the dining room, it seems very extreme. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

Fifty yards or so out on the calm water was a diving platform. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

I felt sick inside, but Stick seemed calm, so calm, it was strange. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

I force myself to take calm, soldierly steps to join them, instead of jumping up and down. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

She was calm and sometimes solemn, and together that could be mistaken for gravity. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

When he had shoved in the last millimeter of crumb, he felt much calmer. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It just looks scary from here,” I say to calm him. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

Later, when they were in a taxi heading into the city, Barry asked Dad how he had stayed so calm. I Survived Hurricane Katrina, 2005 2011-04-01T00:00:00Z

She counted her breaths, hoping that it would calm her down. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

Two days later, working at the clinic, beginning to feel calmer, he was approached by a former TB patient, a young woman with a baby. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

Horses were like dogs, sometimes calm, sometimes playful, sometimes mean as snakes. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

She real calm, don’t look up at me at all. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

I was not shocked so much by this statement as by the eerie calm with which she delivered it. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

On any given night, one would become excited by something and set off the rest, an arrhythmic call-and-response that could last hours until they calmed, one by one, into silence. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

Then, just when I am calming down, she says, “Are you a boy angel or a girl angel?” The Unfinished Angel 2009-09-22T00:00:00Z

Barry tried to help keep her calm, but even he couldn’t get her to stop crying. I Survived Hurricane Katrina, 2005 2011-04-01T00:00:00Z

I wasn’t sure if it was to calm me or to let me know he agreed with me. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z

He tries to sound calm and whole over the phone when they talk, but he doesn’t think it’s convincing. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

Down below were houses, neat and uniform, calm and organized. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

“I see. I think it’s best that I assigned you a story to write over the summer and not a poem. Still, I know a good rhyme can calm the soul.” Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

She can hear the calm lap of the reservoir waves against the shore. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

Holding him carefully, she carried the wriggly, whimpering bundle out of the room and walked back and forth in the long hallway, jiggling him against her shoulder so that he calmed slightly. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

To stay calm, I wondered to myself, Does he have regular handcuffs, or does he have special SeaWorld handcuffs? Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

The benevolence, the spiritual calm, that radiated from him seemed so clear and true that, for a dizzying moment, I felt the darkness lift almost palpably from my heart. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

After a while, I grew more calm at home. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

He looked a good deal calmer than at the end of Moody’s lesson, though still not entirely normal. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

This was one time she wished she didn’t know the answer, but she tried to maintain her calm. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

And because the mainland police couldn’t collect Martin’s body until the seas calmed, the townspeople were left with the net- tlesome question of what to do with his body. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

I change the channel to a nature program, which I’m hoping is more calming. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

His manner was calm, but he was deep in thought. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

Mom woke up and told Dad to stay calm. Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

Alicia takes a long ragged breath, and then wills herself to calm down. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Panting, she gazed at the river until she was calm. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

He has returned to the tired man who greeted us, a circle of calm of his own making. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

“We spilled it all down the drain. We were mainly trying to calm down the cow.” Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

She tried to sound calm, rational—not defensive or combative. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

Paintings lined the hallway, all calm country scenes. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

His therapist, Constance, had taught Moss this technique, a way to calm himself whenever thoughts of his father or his anxiety or his terror started to get the best of him. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

I say, in my firmest, calmest astronaut voice. Shine! 2019-11-05T00:00:00Z

I can wait for water to fill the tank—and it’s already at my knees—and try to calm down as I drown. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

“I took painting classes at school and I liked it. It calms me a little. But playing music energizes me. Balance.” Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

The damage to the neighborhood was extraordinary, but there was an odd calm in his heart. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

Ms. Valente put a hand on my shoulder with a smile, but I couldn’t calm down. Monday's Not Coming 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

“But the tears are necessary. Don’t you remember what Othello said? ‘If after every tempest came such calms, may the winds blow till they have wakened death.’ Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

After pacing, unable to sit, Cora did the only thing that calmed her. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

Colonel Aureliano Buendía did not show any sign of anger, but his spirit only calmed down when his bodyguard had sacked the widow’s house and reduced it to ashes. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

When she reached out to calm him, she felt his fur rising stiffly down his back. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

Dari raced downstairs to inspect our fallen egg—Dari, our calm, collected, studious Dari, running over to our egg like a doctor to his patient. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

As the car entered its descent, Wherritt became calmer and laughed and sobbed with relief—until he realized the wheel was not going to stop. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

But worst of all, for Harry at least, was Piers calming down enough to say, “Harry was talking to it, weren’t you, Harry?” Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

He be resting calm knowing his family done got through. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

As the noise of the crowd fell away behind them, the world in the shell had grown quiet and calm. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

As I gazed from the high rock, all seemed calm, and completely normal. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z

In a calm voice he ordered the men over the side. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z

Everything looked so calm, so prosperous, so unsuspicious. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

I wanted to jump out of the bed and run to her, to calm her, promise that everything was fine. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

When Papi argued, he put all his energy into holding himself erect, maintaining a steady calm that was chilling to us children but had the opposite effect on Mami. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

Voices were calm and muted at first, then became somewhat louder. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

The weather was still calm and fair, after one of the most lovely summers that people could remember; but October had come, and it must break soon and begin to rain and blow again. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

Kanue patted the air with his palms, gesturing to Mandela to calm down. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

He gives me a curious look, and I can see him trying to stay calm. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

If I can just stay calm and avoid getting tangled up... The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

I take a few breaths, savoring the calm. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

In the few days that had elapsed she had recovered her icy, somewhat acid, calm—but still a trace of embarrassment broke through. I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z

Sam told the tale in a calm, dead voice, as if it were something that had happened to someone else, not to him. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

The gale blew itself out and a new push of air, cool and calm, stole in. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

The shower deepened the calm of the woods, ticked through the new leaves, lightly wetted the seeds sheltered in the earth. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

Diego managed to remain calm, though I have no idea how. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

I knew we were surrounded on all sides by violent winds, but the litde cay was calm and quiet I reached over for Timothy. The Cay 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

The belief, the calming assurance that I belonged in public, had at last taken hold. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was only three years old, but I knew right then that our calm, predictable life in Spring was about to change. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

He decided he “would not allow himself to feel annoyed by her calm disregard for such details.” Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

But he could see the prisms in the deep dark water and the line stretching ahead and the strange undulation of the calm. The Old Man and The Sea 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

Though appearing calm on the outside, inside I am spinning faster and faster. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

It’s empty, a dim night-light’s left on; it has the calm of empty kitchens at night. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

I meant to shout it, but it came out unnaturally calm, low and raspy like the sound of cars crunching slowly over gravel. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

At the sight of the scalpel in Mia’s hands, Lexie—who had calmed down by the end of the drive—began to cry again. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

But the timbre of Lily’s voice calms me just the same. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

Maybe it was unfair of him to imagine this, but he saw their ease, witnessed their comfort, and he wished his head were as calm as others’. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

Now, in the late afternoon, it lay calm and smooth, a good audience for silence, a seven-mile circumference that could be traveled by slow car in twenty-five minutes. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

I thought about calling the police, but it all seemed to calm down then. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

The sight of pristine lines of marching soldiers going back and forth in the distance calmed my nerves. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

She stayed quiet, so I continued, calmer and slower. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

Something tense hid behind his calm face, like a spring pressed into a tight coil. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

Zeitoun had sounded so calm on the phone the previous night, before his phone had given out. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

Grandpa Bobby told all of us to calm down. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

The gyptian owner of the boat he was traveling on told him that in gyptian lore, extreme weather had its own states of mind, just as calm weather did. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

She looked down at the child, who had quieted some, and was now staring at the Witch in the same way that she had stared at the Grand Elder—with a calm, probing, unsettling gaze. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

Inside, Roy was quaking with terror but on the outside he remained calm and motionless. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

But I heard only too well the calm, easy tones in the attendant’s reply. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Moss felt the roiling anger under the surface, and he was envious of how calm Kaisha seemed up there. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

I fought against the painful laughter, and as I calmed I saw them looking at me with a sort of embarrassed gratitude. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Richardson’s calm, however, belied her true feelings. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Like me, he was calm and watchful, although we were searching for different things. Willodeen 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

Deaf to his calm reasoning, to his sense of reality, Arcadio reproached him in public for his weakness of character. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

Her face is calm at the moment, her chin lifted high, her breasts and chin and belly jiggling as her feet hit the hard ground. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Their mother is calm and amazingly clever at carrying around two infants. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z

She studied Percy with her luminescent golden eyes, and he wondered how she could be so calm. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

Stephen clicked off his light, and Flash seemed to calm a bit, although he was definitely hiccuping. Wishtree 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

He was gaining control of the situation again and was entering a phase of malevolent calm that Lillian was having difficulty translating. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Lyra could see the intensity in his body, saw his jaw working, and then saw an authority descend over it, calming and relaxing and clarifying. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

After things calmed down, I went up to him. Because of Mr. Terupt 2010-10-11T00:00:00Z

This was a calm, deliberate world, a world where dreams were real and each syllable held the light like a pearl. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z

In the afternoon the wind and rain calmed. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

He told me to calm down, that it didn’t matter. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

The clean cold air, the constant motion of the treetops, the brilliance of the moon-painted clouds in the dark sky, and the millions of stars all calmed her a little. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

“I went to get my bowl to relieve myself,” Gitl called, her voice incredibly calm. The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

His face was calm; he was patient with them because he had nothing to say. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

I glanced out our front window to a calm spring landscape of fields and woods, then picked up the phone. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

She is feigning calm, like the rest of us. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

“In a calmer moment, Miss Brooks, I am sure you would agree that Perilee Mueller would not be an appropriate addition to our choir.” Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

He looked as if it were he who was receiving a gift; he had that expression of people who marveled at education with the calm certainty that it would never be theirs. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

The seas were calm and the sunrises beautiful. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

“No one is forcing you. Just calm down.” Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

His voice is calm and quiet as he replies, “No.” Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

On their left the stream flattened out into a large, calm, crystal-clear pond. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

I have watched him do this over and over, this shifting of anger into calm action. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z

His voice was calm and firm, leaving no room for debate. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

His letter was then calm, and, though very serious, kind. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

I felt the blood drain from my face and I forced myself to take a slow, deep breath through my nose to calm myself. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

I tried to speak in a cool, calm way, but the zombie rose up in my throat and choked me off. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

The calm sea opened up around me like a great book. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

I could see my dad trying to calm Mom down, but she was upset, which for some reason made me really mad. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

Lupita sighed as she looked from the Virgin’s calm, smiling face to her yawning baby brother. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z

She was wearing jeans too, but hers probably cost more than my mom made in a month, and her silver halter top sparkled like the noon sun on a calm ocean. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

I rock till my insides are calm and peaceful. The Skin I'm In 1998-10-16T00:00:00Z

I sat still, breathed deeply, calming myself, believing him. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

“And you see the way the Lord worked with young Elisha there?” said Praying Mother Washington, with a calm, sweet smile. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

He reached out and grabbed his foe’s shirt, squeezed it in his fist, then growled two words that somehow calmed the storm within him. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

After struggling with the Arabic, it helps me calm down to sing, even if it’s kind of strange to go from Quran to Motown. Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

His heart calmed immediately as the scent of minerals filled his nostrils. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

Later, when I’d calmed down, Miles leaned over the side of the bed and grabbed his backpack. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

“But when we relocate the eyases, the parents will calm down.” Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

There's something soothing about the steady beat of a hammer, and I start to calm. The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z

Since Viola had calmed down, and the blood was flowing freely, Kendra cast aside the pie tin and retrieved the silver bowl. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

There was something calming and familiar about the queen’s face, something that reminded Celaena of the rose smell. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

I waited for Scott to come and calm me down, hut he wasn’t at home. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

He begins to calm, with just the barest catch in his breath, and he releases my blouse, my shoulders. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

Francy's voice was a warning to calm down, but Bit's ears didn't hear it that way. Look Both Ways 2019-10-08T00:00:00Z

The Guard was efficient, calm, and utterly ruthless. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

“Nothing, really,” she answered finally, her voice remarkably calm and convincing. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

Also almost at once, the Ethyl Corporation embarked on a policy of calm but unyielding denial that would serve it well for decades. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

It was calm even as her parents’ emotions spiked and ebbed, twisted and spat. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

He lost the urge to be riotous and felt calm again. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

Forces seen and unseen stand ready to tear into whatever calm you might feel. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

Mama used to be a calm person—serene, even. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

Leaning back in the booth, I can tell he’s pretending calm. Black Brother, Black Brother 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

We were inclined to blame the male lover for disrupting the calm of our family life, and it was inevitable that he would have to suffer for it sooner or later. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

The air seemed charged with a special calm as if someone had waited there, quietly, and only a moment before he came, simply turned to a shadow and let him through. Fahrenheit 451 1953-01-01T00:00:00Z

But tonight—tonight it was so quiet, like the calm before a storm. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

I took a deep breath to try to calm my nerves. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z

As she spoke, she calmed herself and her words came more easily. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

But without other clues, there’s no way to know if she’s trying to calm Daniel or yelling back at him. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

For the next few hours after the tennis game, everything was calm and back to normal in Lambert, South Carolina. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

It helps me get calm when the panic starts. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

Someone innocent or trusting or simply troubled might not see through all that, might not see that under all that calm he’s a wolf. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

He wished he were as calm as she was, that his hands would not shake as he washed them. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

“Anybody there?” he asked again, feeling a little calmer since the noise hadn’t repeated. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

At night, when it was calm, you could see the stars reflected on the wet sands. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

Nothing would ever exactly fit together and solidify; she would never grow calm, never feel at ease; life was a hell on earth of loose ends, uncertainty, violence. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

One moment you are feeling calm, self-possessed, happy. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

I had to tell her I felt fine at least thirty times before she would calm down. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

At least the situation seems to be calming down. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z

And then as he calmed down a little he hoped that it wasn’t. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Laxmi had been on the phone for at least an hour, trying to calm her cousin down. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

The more upset Gay became, the calmer I felt. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

“It wasn’t your fault; it was an accident,” I said, trying to calm him down. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

They seemed calm in that way grown-ups get calm before they get very angry. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

He’ll just smile calm, lean in on her all chill and whisper something smooth in her ear. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

Vision at street level was nothing like the calm view from overhead. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

Obinze, with his air of calm and inwardness, made it even more intriguing. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

She wanted to shout insults at the giant, but her first words were surprisingly calm. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

My voice sounded calm, but inwardly I was such a desert. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

Despite Dad’s clearly chill demeanor in this moment, Scoob’s seen the switch flip before: cool, calm, and collected to furious in a matter of moments. Clean Getaway 2020-01-07T00:00:00Z

She got up and walked around the room until she could calm down a little. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

“I was in love with her,” he says, his voice eerily calm. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

But it was a tranquil sea, and now that he himself was calm, of course he saw how fine it really was that she was waiting. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

The great buck stood still in the calm light. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

I’d lie right down on the ground and it would calm me. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

He grabbed hold of my shoulders, his thumbs digging into the flesh at the tops of my arms, and told me to calm down, to stop behaving like a child. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

My sneakers squeak against polished floor, and I move slowly until my ears calm down. Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z

‘I’m pretending to read out the shipping forecast and instead of this calm we’re having, a storm’s brewing. Out at sea.’ The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was frightened of the boy and wanted Gramps to do something, but Gramps looked cool and calm. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z

Peewee put his hand on mine and tried to calm it. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Somehow he’s calm, so calm, when he says, “There’s a tree inside our house.” A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

I settle back onto the couch and start sketching—and instantly, my body calms. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

By the time Celia restores a tenuous calm, she has come to a decision. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

In a calm voice, he told the trustees, “Wait until the prayer is over, and I will trouble you no more.” An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z

“I hope that once you’ve calmed down, you see that I was trying to do the right thing.” From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

He calmed, and then, staying low to keep out of the way of any passing bullets or buckshot, she reached out with her mind to the other two. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

A voice is talking to her now, calm and officious. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

To the young wife who comes in her grief over not being able to have a child, Miss Sadie gives herbs to calm her fears and open her womb. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

I tried to calm my mind and shut out the sounds of the cheering fans. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

Her face appeared calm—but distant and unyielding to love. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

It’s a long time before we can get Old Hirsch calm enough to speak and the room quiet enough for safety. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

There was no reaction to this by the Indigo Man, which puzzled Bod even more because even the most irritable inhabitants of the graveyard had been calmed by this statement. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

When they arrived, he entered the U.S. embassy, trying to look calm, though he was feeling intense trepidation. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

He screamed himself hoarse, then just when Dad thought he had calmed down, he gripped Dad around the waist and flung him like a sack of grain. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

Henry’s face is calm and genial, but one of his knees has shifted over to dig into Alex’s. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

Jonas’s mother for example, had higher intelligence than his father; but his father had a calmer disposition. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z

“Shinálí, I don’t mean for my anger to go to you. Your uncle has a way of getting under my skin,” she said, in a much calmer voice. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

His face stays calm, like he's reading a quite interesting book. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

A calming, uplifting, terrifying, sorrowful kind of movement, gentle and deadly like the tide. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

When he cried, she knew which toy would calm him. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

A few of us tried to carry on conversations, saying anything we could think of to keep ourselves calm. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

But now that she understood what they were, she felt calmer. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

“Friends," said Aristide, in his calmest voice, “do not try to leave. Come closer, and we will sing together, if we can find our true voices." Taste of Salt: A Story of Modern Haiti 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

They are always completely calm, that is predominant in them; and even if they are not really calm, they become so. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I wish I felt as calm as you look.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

It crosses my mind that Cinna's calm and normal demeanor masks a complete madman. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

My Noise churns and bubbles like a stew on the boil till finally I have to stop for a minute to calm myself down a little. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

Her voice is calm but already the ripples are beginning to form in the dark surface of the ink pooled on the desk. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

If Jeanine designed this, it is probably a test of intelligence or logic, which means I will have to think clearly, which means I will have to calm down. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

For some reason sugar and caffeine always calmed down my hyperactive brain. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

Meanwhile, he was surprised at how calm his wife seemed. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Last chance, Todd,” Aaron says, no longer sounding so calm. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

But slowly the whale did stop rocking, and the seas calmed, and the rhythm of the swells took hold again. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

I couldn’t calm down about us getting caught and being sent back to Juvi. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

But they had been trained to stay calm and help the best they could. Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z

She made a calming gesture with both hands, as if smoothing the air. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

There was no Aunt Ivy to recoil in horror at my language and, truth be told, there is nothing like the occasional outburst of profanity to calm jangled nerves. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

The room is calm and quiet, and Sloan looms large in the center. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

I miss the peace and calm of the baobabs and hope it won’t be long before I get to see that world again. Dragons in a Bag 2018-10-23T00:00:00Z

Long after they have gone, and after the mother has calmed down the little kids, I am still behind the tree. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

But she seemed calm, as if everything was happening the way it was supposed to happen. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

“You are calm,” a voice spoke from behind me. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

The colonel sat down and settled back, calm and cagey suddenly, and ingratiatingly polite. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

“Now that I’ve been honest,” Johanna says, a little more calm now, “you can tell me why you asked me to come here.” Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

“And yet, mademoiselle, this time your manner is quite different. You no longer betray the impatience. You are calm and philosophical.” Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z

"No," she says, her eyes wide but her voice calm. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

I tried to calm my pounding heart and wondered if I should have pulled out my baton. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mudd remained calm and did not betray the secret known, at this moment, to him alone: America’s most wanted man was hiding in a farmhouse, less than five miles away! Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Composed in 1782, the sonata evokes the moon over calm, peaceful waters after the passing of a storm. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

Worn down by the Victory Tour, failing in my attempt to calm the districts, facing the memories of Clove and Cato, particularly Cato’s gruesome, slow death by mutts. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

In a comforting yet forceful voice, he urges calm. Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z

The rest of the team wasn’t too calm, either. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

When we got to the kitchen, I was a little more calm. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

His expression was calm and courteous, and his dæmon was a very large and beautiful cat. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

He was all too familiar with the whims of Lake Washington, from his coxswain days, and the weather on the Oakland Estuary had been typically but frustratingly calm and pleasant. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

He felt as if he should walk all night, all day, forever, because nothing else would calm this fever in his breast. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was expressing sorrow and urgency, but also something calmer and deeper, a message he wanted to make clear. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

“Murphy’s just excited. Give him a minute to calm down.” The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

I’m already dead, she told herself, as calm as the skeleton dog. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

I am calm, she thought, but so very cold; the noise is only a kind of banging on the doors, one after another; is this what I was so afraid about? The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z

To calm myself, I imagine her in a sari. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

And now I can recall the picture of the grey old house of God rising calm before me, of a rook wheeling round the steeple, of a ruddy morning sky beyond. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

This was a quiet rage, where every calm word dripped with fury. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

Doc sat at the table calm as can be, sipping on his coffee. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

She puts the rosemary in tea to calm her arthritis. Ninth Ward 2010-08-16T00:00:00Z

"Lolo," she said, trying to calm him down. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

The sounds of tractors, bicycle bells, and children playing cricket in the street filled me with a sense of calm. Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

She took a deep breath and tried to calm herself. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

Her voice was calm, had the controlled, polite tone she used around Jalil, but Mariam could feel her hard, accusing glare. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

The conversation was calm, comfortable, like it had been years before on those dusky evenings in the corral. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

Stella could tell he was about to explode, but Pastor Patton placed a calming hand on his shoulder. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

I contemplated the lake: the waters were placid; all around was calm; and the snowy mountains, “the palaces of nature,” were not changed. Frankenstein 1818-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then I left, racing toward his house to calm his wife. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

They walked for a mile or so down the shore, the water cool and calm. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

He told me that he was anxious all the time and that the alcohol calmed his nerves. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

I hear those voices and my own heart grows calm again. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

George started to feel calmer with Phoebe close to him. I Survived the Sinking of the Titanic, 1912 2010-06-01T00:00:00Z

Then she fixes me with her calm and knowing gaze, saying softly, “I do not believe God calls you to this life.” Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

“Couldn’t we have waited for a calmer day?” Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

I order warm milk, the most calming thing I can think of, from an attendant. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

A calm is disturbed, even if it does not attract much notice at first. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

She copied him without even thinking about it and felt instantly slightly calmer. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

And then took a deep, shuddering breath and became very, very calm. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

When he took his place at the dining table, calm, affable, utterly certain, a crisis in the kitchen became no more than a humorous sketch; without him, it was a drama that clutched the heart. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

I still don’t understand how some people are so calm and others are rioting. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

He’s also calm and reassuring, he exudes a patient kindness. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

My mother and I had calmed down and were watching Family Feud, laughing at some of the stupid answers people were coming up with. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

Tayo looked into the flames for a long time, feeling stronger and more calm as he got dry. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

Hanako suddenly felt calm but alert—she thought fiercely to herself, Please, Papa, don’t tell them anything. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

But if Charity has learned anything in all her years, it’s to keep a calm head—especially in the face of utter chaos. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

Grandma was soft-spoken, calm, but emphatic as she said, “Well, Lois, you’ve tried every polite and proper way of getting that job back. I think some sort of drastic action is called for.” Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

He refused to smile and only stared back, searching my eyes for reasons to calm. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

As her tension built up, a warm calm settled on Adam. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

On calm days the island was enveloped in cold, wet mist, and the offshore ice crowded against the rocky beach. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z

It was odd, for me to be the calm one while feeling Daisy’s nerves jangling. Turtles All the Way Down 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

On he went like that, until Florida calmed down and curled up on the floor of her closet and fell asleep. Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z

It crashes forward with white water before it pools and calms down and becomes a river again. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

“I see you,” he said, calm as the dead, his voice filled with the iron weight of a just pronouncement. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

Wash tried to keep his voice calm, but he felt his fear creeping in. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

They took me a roundabout way to the fake beach, and then I knew what would happen—a good, old-fashioned dunking in the lake—and I calmed down. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

But it means a lot to me, being able to do my work well, especially that bit about my donors staying “calm.” Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

They murmured anxious words as though they were calming an angry infant. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Toby was still trying to calm down, but Annie stood up and brought him the plate anyway. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

I sucked in a breath under the snake’s weight, trying to keep calm. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

I inhale deeply, trying to appear calm even though my heart thumps wildly as I walk up the steps to the stage, where Imam Malik is standing. Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

He loved the calm, the order, the soft way my grandparents spoke to each other. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

When he woke up again they were gone, and the wind had calmed down; but the air was heavy and damp. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

Jam pressed her hands to her face and tried to calm the trembling inside her. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

“It’s okay,” I tell him, “calm down,” but he won’t have any of it. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

He’d patted her head until she calmed down, and then they took her home and Aloe started researching puberty blockers and the hormones she might need. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

And he's so calm. he's not even facing me, because he can talk and watch the game at the same time. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

All I had to do was throw down my dolly with a little extra force, and a bossy customer would say, "Let's just all calm down and try to work this out." Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

I lay listening as the sound flowed to and around me, bringing me a calm sense of my indebtedness. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

He realized now that his breathing had calmed and he couldn’t hear Pah anymore, but he still didn’t want to open his eyes. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

It probably came out pretty muddled at first, but after a while, as I became more confident she’d hear me out, I calmed down and got a lot clearer. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

He knew the face of Sergeant Accardo well; the man was frequently on television, and projected an air of reason and calm. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

Their journey across the ice field took less time than their journey out to the fortress, for the weather remained calm and the sledge was lighter now. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

She had to keep herself calm enough to find the right words. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

No, my father—the new and improved Paine Underwood—stayed calm and polite. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

Just before he gets into the car, Boy21 turns around and says, “I wish you and I could travel through the cosmos together, Finley. You have that calming presence. Happy birthday to me—and thanks.” Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her hands shook slightly and she swallowed hard to keep calm. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

I felt calm—almost as if I were the older one. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

“You’re telling me what you needed . . .’’His voice is softer, he’s calming down. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Then, the firemen. Oh my word, so wonderful, Dèja. Racing, carrying sixty-five pounds of equipment, moving like warriors. A few helmet lights crisscrossed in the stairwell. A captain kept soothing, ‘Stay calm. Towers Falling 2016-07-12T00:00:00Z

To keep him calm, Jonathan sat down at his side, aware mostly of his own great weariness. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z

Ortiz patted the air near his friend, telling him to calm down. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

He's the calm and the storm, that one. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

The women move quickly, fastening things and saying soft words to calm the horse. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

“You couldn’t be more wrong, you know; I’m very calm.” The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

He kept up the calm manner, as if I had come to the Clinic with nothing more than a sprained ankle. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

He would try to sit in his office and read and meditate until he could be calm and start again. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

“I have a salve that will protect your hands and calm the irritation,” said Joana. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

I try to calm the air between us. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

The boy calmed visibly, his eager, doglike face tilted toward the ground. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

“One of these days, you idiots will learn to watch where you step and quit knocking things over. Everyone will remain calm and escort the animals outside in single file.” Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

The calm and comfort Moss had found in Martin’s shop slid away, replaced with a nagging terror and panic. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

If they were startled, then Gregor had no more responsibility and could be calm. The Metamorphosis 1915-01-01T00:00:00Z

Chronicler’s face was calm as he pressed the metal disk firmly onto the table with two fingers. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Remembering those eyes brought Cole a certain calm. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

We stared at the cruel sky, calm, blue, indifferent to our need. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

I wonder if I’ve told it as well as she had, if my hand in his is as calming as Lita’s was in mine. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

Talis, Fox, Thimble, and Leaf all tried to calm them down, to reason with Dimblewit or his guards, but Seven had her eyes on one person: Valley. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

“This is proof that you can be still. So whenever you feel out of control, look at this picture and it will remind you to calm down.” Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I tried to do some of the things Gandhi talks about—you know, keeping calm in your own mind no matter what’s going on outside.” Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

But I couldn’t calm down, so I called Ben from bed and told him my theory. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

And I thought, How dare she complain when I’m working so hard to hold myself together, to maintain a calm exterior? Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I told myself to stay calm, but my heart thrummed like a drum machine. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

Jam straightened herself and tried to inject calm under the skin of her face as she looked at him and nodded. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

Matthos lent him a hand to help him hack over the raiL For those few instants, Black Betba and White Hart were the calm eye in the midst of the storm. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Not like at home, where Mom was always asking me to calm down, keep quiet, or act my age. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

The water is eerily calm and the air thick with a heavy mist... Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

Marshall remained very calm and patient, but his grip on his toy didn’t relax for a second. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

He dealt with every manner of adversity with calm, adaptive acceptance. Unbroken 2010-11-16T00:00:00Z

Bragg by that time had calmed down, and any question of Crick’s going was quietly shelved. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z

Klaus’s heart was beating fast, but he felt calm on the outside, as if he had on a layer of invisible armor. The Bad Beginning 1999-08-25T00:00:00Z

The wind was light, the seas were calm, and although they saw the glitter of those great snow white wings more than once, the birds were wary and stayed well clear. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

A stoner’s calm, I had thought at first, given the slow, spacey way he spoke and blinked. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

And that made me feel a little calmer. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

“But it can be hard to stay calm when sometimes it feels like...like people don’t care about us. Or act like they have to be afraid of us. Or maybe want to control us.” A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

Even G.’s pleading glances and my angry outbursts can’t calm them down. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

She had missed the pre-meeting, where leaders had stressed the need for calm. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

Stay calm, you tell yourself: she’ll go back to her apartment in a second. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

I think of the wild energy of cyclones, but at their center is a tiny circle of calm. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

The scene was apocalyptic, but...it was a calm apocalypse. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

I sit for a while watching the lightning, keeping Wiress calm, lulled into a sort of peacefulness by the lapping of the water. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

I brought them whether the day was calm or stormy. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

He manages to wake me and calm me down. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

Once my racing heart calmed, I turned my head to confirm it. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

The boys had been assigned to row in the first heat, at 5:15 p.m., and in lane one, the most protected lane on the course, though with such calm water it hardly mattered. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

She rubs the space between my shoulder blades—a gesture that always calmed me down when I was little. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

We move toward the door, and Mama waves off Mr. Tobin when he heads over, asking Mama to calm down and talk with him for a minute. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z

Aquilla, standing on the stage, looks calm, almost serene—strange for a girl holding the ax that’s to take off her best friend’s head. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

Be calm, he told himself as she poked her pencil around. Flora & Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures 2013-09-24T00:00:00Z

Here, she could savor the quiet and the calm. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

That voice, the one that usually only a mom has, even though...well, she's our mom too, kicked in and seemed to calm the whole room down. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z

He wanted to feel anything but a cold, crawling sense of calm that was overtaking him. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

All my No, no, he’s nots didn’t calm her. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

“Let me it g°- “Come on, calm down. A Wrinkle in Time 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

Laura Keene has the presence of mind to march to center stage and cry out for calm and sanity, but her words go unheeded. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z

I chose the sloth because its demeanor—calm, quiet and introspective—did something to soothe my shattered self. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

I am wondering how she will fare as a heavy-weather boat, considering she was built for calm voyages under sunny skies and has not sailed for four years. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

His green eyes were so calm, and so wet and bright, and his head was so bald against the whiteness of the pillow. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

“No. But they weren’t robbers. They were sort of calm about it, as if they were allowed to do anything they wanted.” The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

His face had been struggling to stay calm as he listened to me, but now he was crying but trying to control himself. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

Another was of a disconcertingly calm young man whose upper body appeared to be swarming with bees. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

“Melissa,” said Dr. Jansen, trying to calm her down. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

Pastor John Cross walked through the crowd with a megaphone, tears streaming down his face, and begged the crowd to be calm and nonviolent. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

After a time, the waves calmed slightly and cradled me up and back in their arms. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

She needed her pipe—needed to calm down before she had a fit. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

He calms his breathing and is thankful he can feel the touch of Trina’s hand on his back. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

Usually, Mami starts to cry or gets upset with me when I ask her about all this stuff, but today she was the calmest I’ve seen her since we came into hiding. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z

Dicey stared out over the quiet blue water, knowing that although the surface was calm, the great tides were moving underneath. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was too nerve-wracking, a shocking spectacle, like seeing an old, calm friend go insane. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

He tried to calm me down by saying that he meant an adult like a teacher or a guidance counselor. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

Early the next morning, peeps and honks and splashes began echoing across the calm water. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

Wish I could stay calm no matter what my brothers say. Inside Out and Back Again 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

He’d been doing his best to remain calm, but he was trembling all over. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

After my mother was arrested in the sweatshop immigration raid, a prison doctor had given her a shot of a drug to keep her calm overnight; That shot, my mother believed, caused Caroline’s condition. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

But most of the men were not as calm as Wild. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z