Definition of "becalmed" [becalmed]

• (of a sailing ship) unable to move due to lack of wind (adjective)
• Simple past tense and past participle of becalm. (verb)

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• "Just as I wasn't really the "solitary sailor, becalmed on the tractless seas of time," but, was, instead, a girl with a need to write a poem for a contest."
• "He's becalmed in Fife now, a long way from the rattle of polyhedral dice and the clink of pint glasses that defined our shared youth."
• "Such a mission, he believed, would not only advance the cause of science but enhance American prestige, polish the Navy's image and "gratify the whole Christian world" not to mention impel his own becalmed career."