Collocations for calm - noun
1. peaceful situation/manner/feeling
ADJECTIVE
apparent
Under his apparent calm lay real anxiety.
Under his apparent calm lay real anxiety.
inner
the pursuit of inner calm
the pursuit of inner calm
uneasy
forced
With a forced calm she said, ‘How do you know?’
forced
With a forced calm she said, ‘How do you know?’
dead
She felt not fear, but a kind of dead calm.
She felt not fear, but a kind of dead calm.
deadly,
deathly,
eerie,
icy
‘I'm calling the police!’ he stated with deadly calm.
‘I'm calling the police!’ he stated with deadly calm.
VERB + calm
appeal for,
call for
The government appealed for calm after the riots broke out.
The government appealed for calm after the riots broke out.
restore
Calm had been restored to the capital.
Calm had been restored to the capital.
maintain,
regain
He struggled to maintain his calm as they waited.
He struggled to maintain his calm as they waited.
shatter
The calm was shattered by the sound of an explosion.
The calm was shattered by the sound of an explosion.
2. at sea
ADJECTIVE
dead,
flat
(esp. BrE)
The water was a dead calm.
Seals basked on boulders in a flat calm.
The water was a dead calm.
Seals basked on boulders in a flat calm.