If Adelie Land were a region of calmsor of northerly winds, the average temperature would be very much higher.
A heavy north-north-west gale was experienced on the 26th, but the weather during the last three days of August was very quiet, either calms or light winds prevailing, and we took the opportunity to do some work on Wireless Hill.
For since good is what all seek, the notion of good is that which calms the desire; while the notion of the beautiful is that which calms the desire, by being seen or known.
Two days ago we left Darnley Island for Bramble Cay, distant about thirty miles North-East, but owing to calms and light winds had to anchor twice.
Southern hemisphere found we still had to contend with calms and contrary winds.
Calms and contrary winds, coupled with the powerful current of the mighty river, sweeping through the islands, prevented our further advance, and on the 24th we had to cast anchor near the easternmost Saddle Island.
They usually carry an immense spread of canvas, and during calms are propelled like the native boats with one big oar from the stern, which serves at the same time as a rudder.
Here we had once more to lay to, owing to calms and currents, till at last on the 15th August a fresh breeze sprang up from the S.
Thus wine, after it hath heated and disturbed, calmsthe mind again and quiets the frenzy; and when men are dead drunk, their passions are at rest.
Owing to frequent calms and foul winds it took us three months less three days to cross this gulf,[219] and all our people again suffered from their gums, which grew over their teeth, so that they could not eat.
Foul winds and calms impeded their progress, whilst a renewed outbreak of scurvy carried off thirty victims and prostrated the remaining men, so that only seven or eight were fit to do duty in each vessel.
I in midnight dreams behold Thy placid aspect, more serenely fair Than the sweet moon that calms the autumnal heaven.
Back to the beauteous Isle of Palms Glad she returns; there constant calms The bays, that sleep like inland lakes, invest: Delightful all!
As fair before the mental eye The pomp and beauty of the dream return, Dejected virtue calms her sigh, And leans resign'd on memory's urn.
It makes the wounded spirit whole, And calms the troubled breast; 'Tis manna to the hungry soul, And to the weary rest.
And his that gentle voice we hear, Soft as the breeze of even, That checks each fault, that calms each fear, And speaks of heaven.
On this coast, between the sixth degree of north latitude and the equator, we spent no less than thirty days either in calmsor contrary winds.
So fine a run had we from the Cape de Verdes, that on the morning of the fifth day after sighting them we ran into the "doldrums" or region of calms and light variable airs which prevail about the line.
We met with nothing butcalms for the first three weeks of our passage, after which the weather changed, and we had a succession of adverse gales until we were within fifteen degrees of the line.
In the equatorial belt of calms the barometric pressure is lower than on either side, the temperature is uniformly high, the air is heavily charged with moisture, and torrential rains are frequent.
The northern portion of the continent extends into the little known polar region of prevailingly low barometrical pressure, where midsummer and midwinter calms normally prevail.
What happy region dost thou please To make the seat of calms and ease?
He calms our nature, and enlightens our understanding to grasp the meaning of all our experiences.
Why, with that rushing mighty wind to fill our sails if we like, should we be lying in the sickly calmsof the tropics, with the pitch oozing out of the seams, and the idle canvas flapping against the mast?
We carried 600 gallons in all, which ought to suffice for the longest run one is likely to make, allowing for calms in the doldrums and unforeseen delays.
In the summer the great drawback there is lack of wind during the daytime, and calms prevail most days of the week.
With much contrary wind and frequent calms the distances made good on the shortest route from port to port averaged 123 miles per day.
His calmness calms the men, and with an air of lazy indolence they get in and take the oars, carrying a rope to another boat which meets them from the frigate.
There was frequent alternation of calms and very light winds from the southeast, which we received with our heads to the southwestward.
In another minute she calms away, and sinks exhausted upon the pavement.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "calms" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
