VERBS

appear, be, feel, look, seem, sound
I may have appeared calm but I certainly didn't feel it
become
keep, remain, stay
Sit down and keep calm! The pilot urged the passengers to remain calm
keep sb
Keep the patient calm

ADV

extremely, remarkably, very
You seem remarkably calm
completely, perfectly, utterly
Her voice was firm and perfectly calm
fairly, pretty, quite
apparently, outwardly
curiously, strangely
The pain had receded and he felt curiously calm
reassuringly
The voice sounded reassuringly calm

PREP

about
She seemed pretty calm about it

PHRASES

cool, calm and collected
He remained at all times cool, calm and collected

VERBS

be, look
become

ADV

absolutely, dead, flat, perfectly
The sea was dead calm. flat calm conditions
fairly, quite, relatively

ADJ

apparent
Under his apparent calm lay real anxiety
inner
the pursuit of inner calm
uneasy
forced, studied
With a forced calm she said, 'How do you know?'
dead
She felt not fear, but a kind of dead calm
deadly, icy
' 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

CALM + VERB

descend, settle
After the bomb, an uneasy calm settled on the city

PHRASES

a period of calm

ADJ

dead, flat
Seals basked on boulders in a flat calm