How to Use the calm/lull before the storm in a Sentence
the calm/lull before the storm
noun phrase-
That big project was sort of the calm before the storm.
— Alva Claire, Vogue, 2 Mar. 2022 -
But, for many, the next few days mark the calm before the storm.
— Julia Musto, Fox News, 7 May 2021 -
Here's to the calm before the storm of being parents to two gremlins.
— Benjamin Vanhoose, PEOPLE.com, 17 Sep. 2021 -
Right now is the calm before the storm, Housewives faithful.
— Mary Sollosi, EW.com, 10 Sep. 2021 -
This weekend at the Del Mar Thoroughbred Club is the calm before the storm.
— Bill Center, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 Aug. 2021 -
But is the Bay Area, hit hard at the end of the U.S. winter surge, once again experiencing the calm before the storm?
— Kellie Hwang, San Francisco Chronicle, 30 Mar. 2021 -
But the atmosphere outside is hardly the calm before the storm.
— Rania Aniftos, Billboard, 16 Nov. 2022 -
What to expect into Tuesday Monday is expected to be the calm before the storm.
— Nouran Salahieh, CNN, 3 Apr. 2023 -
But many expect this to be merely the calm before the storm, with the Fed taking an increasingly hawkish tone.
— Telis Demos, WSJ, 26 Apr. 2022 -
But why not skip all that debauchery and visit sunny Palm Springs this month instead, during the calm before the storm?
— Leena Kim, Town & Country, 10 Jan. 2022 -
Despite missile attacks that have punctuated the winter lull and fierce fighting on the eastern front lines, there is a sense that this may have been the calm before the storm.
— Josh Lederman, NBC News, 21 Feb. 2023 -
Despite the track’s turbulent title and ride from recording studio to Recording Academy, Nascent learned to embrace the calm before the storm.
— Heran Mamo, Billboard, 1 Apr. 2022 -
While the pressure on North American ports is currently abated and logistics constraints eases, this is the calm before the storm.
— Lora Cecere, Forbes, 2 May 2022 -
Majors is experiencing the calm before the storm in his already illustrious acting career.
— Jenelle Riley, Variety, 18 Oct. 2022
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