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
• Outside observers worry, however, that this is merely the calm before the storm: satellite imagery has detected a buildup of military infrastructure on both sides, particularly the Chinese side.
  — Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 14 Aug. 2023

Last Updated: 4 Dec 2024