Below you will find example sentences with "calm down". The examples show how this phrase is used in natural context and which words often surround it.

Calm Down in a sentence

Corpus data

  • Displayed example sentences: 20
  • Discovered as a combination around: calm
  • Corpus frequency in the collocation scan: 11
  • Phrase length: 2 words
  • Average sentence length: 22.7 words

Words in this phrase

calm down

Meanings of words in this phrase

  • calm can mean: Peaceful, quiet, especially free from anger and anxiety. Frequent word
  • down can mean: From a higher position to a lower one; downwards. Very common word

Sentence profile

  • Phrase position: 5 start, 10 middle, 5 end
  • Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Usage patterns

These patterns show short text windows around the phrase in the example sentences:

about to calm down tindall was 1× asked to calm down by the 1× begun to calm down 1× calm down was the 1× emotions to calm down amid clashes 1× everybody to calm down as he 1× hey hey calm down 1× his song calm down word for 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

after waiting for 1× and she saw 1× calm down was 1× gradually the cops 1× he added that 1× he was asked 1×

Common sentence endings:

a little bit 1× australia last year 1× by two indians 1× debut solo album 1× did look rattled 1× down their colleague 1×

Context words

These words often appear near this phrase in the example sentences:

told 4× waiting 2× security 2× residents 2× allegedly 2× two 2× sam 2× finally 2× moment 2× look 2× fans 2× word 2×

Related phrases

shut down knocked down sat down breaks down stepped down slow down touched down doubled down burned down sit down

Phrases around this combination

Other phrases discovered around calm:

remain calm 15× keep calm 7× stay calm 5×

Just before it in the phrase index:

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Just after it in the phrase index:

cambridge city cambridge investment cambridge university came down came shortly camera footage

Other phrases with the same pattern

Same ending:

shut down knocked down sat down breaks down stepped down slow down

Corpus analysis

  • The phrase "calm down" has 2 words and usually appears in the middle in these examples. The average sentence has 22.7 words and is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around this phrase, patterns and context words such as about to calm down tindall was, asked to calm down by the, told, waiting and security stand out.
  • In the phrase index, this combination connects with shut down, knocked down, sat down, remain calm, keep calm and stay calm, linking the page to nearby combinations.

Example types with calm down

This selection groups the examples by length and sentence type, making usage of the full phrase easier to scan:

Short example sentences

Hey, hey, calm down. (4 words)

So calm down sister. (4 words)

Calm down was the message and they did look rattled. (10 words)

Longer example sentences

Just when we thought it was about to calm down Tindall was ordered back to the fans by the likes of Fabian Schar and Anthony Gordon who encouraged him to take his own piece of the limelight. (37 words)

He was asked to calm down by the manager, who offered to show him to his room but Lessa refused to tell him his room number so was told he was trespassing on the property. (35 words)

And she saw a lot of people getting very worked up, particularly with what was going on in the agricultural sector at the moment, and believed they needed to "calm down a little bit". (34 words)

Example sentences (20)

She suggests waiting until you calm down to have a calm talk with your teen.

Lira Town is in a state of rock down as security forces try to calm down residents over death of a school going pupil allegedly killed by two Indians.

After waiting for emotions to calm down amid clashes from rival supporters, owner of Portchester-based Seahorse, Sam White, finally pitched up at the end of May.

And she saw a lot of people getting very worked up, particularly with what was going on in the agricultural sector at the moment, and believed they needed to "calm down a little bit".

Calm down was the message and they did look rattled.

Gradually the cops calm down and even point their guns aside.

He added that his proudest moment was when fans sang his song ‘Calm Down’ word-for-word during his performance in Australia last year.

He was asked to calm down by the manager, who offered to show him to his room but Lessa refused to tell him his room number so was told he was trespassing on the property.

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Hey, hey, calm down.

It can relieve itchiness, calm down puffiness, soothe redness, and generally make even slightly upset skin look and feel so much calmer.

It comes after viewers branded YouTube star Nella Rose 'insensitive' after she told Sam to 'calm down' earlier this week.

Just when we thought it was about to calm down Tindall was ordered back to the fans by the likes of Fabian Schar and Anthony Gordon who encouraged him to take his own piece of the limelight.

On the 20th of the month Gunn politely asked on that everybody to calm down, as he still had more than one-third of the month left.

Rema's original version of "Calm Down" was released in February 2022 and featured on his debut solo album "".

So calm down sister.

Southern California’s Ventura County issued a temporary evacuation warning Saturday for some coastal residents due to that pounded the West Coast this week but has begun to calm down.

Tensions appeared to finally simmer, with the likes of Antonio Rudiger seen trying to calm down their colleague.

The Edo State Police Command has arrested the husband of a woman in the popular ‘Mummy Calm Down’ viral video, after she had allegedly committed suicide in Benin City.

The security guard told police that Brown kept threatening to stab him after he told the man to calm down while the two were tussling.

The X user, who claimed to be at the scene of the incident on Monday afternoon tweeted, “The woman in the viral Mummy Calm down video has just committed suicide here in Benin.

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