The surface appeared flat, the momentary calm ahead of a wavewall.

In that momentary calm, Brother Paul pre-empted the floor.

My teeth chattered, and a wild confusion took place of my momentary calm.

When there was a momentary calm in that tempestuous sea of sound, the leader gave the sign, the procession resumed its march.

We could have settled the feud for good, or at least enjoyed a momentary calm.

Turchin took advantage of the momentary calm, his voice booming out over the others as they subsided.

We slid down into a trough, into a momentary calm.

He told himself there was nothing he could do and found a momentary calm in that.

In the last painting, "Her Becoming," there is thick, momentary calm.

It was after one of these momentary calms that the catastrophe occurred.