Calm
Calm adjective - Free from storms or physical disturbance.
Trying
Trying adjective - Difficult to endure.
Usage example: a harrowing account of the trying conditions experienced by the hostages prior to their release
Both words in one sentence
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Consummate Professional: Elmi has shades of this with him neither moaning like Bilal or shouting like Najee instead most of his dialogue is trying to get Muse to calm the situation down.
Source: Film / Captain Phillips -
While the gang is trying to navigate their way through the walker herd, Carlo is trying to calm Sarah down, a stray bullet shot from the people from the store hits him in the neck.
Source: Video Game / The Walking Dead -
He kills mice just by petting them, kills a puppy by trying to play-hit it, and tries to calm Curly's Wife down by shaking her, but instead breaks her neck.
Source: Literature / Of Mice and Men
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