1.   It was early evening, and calm had descended upon the river.

2.   An uneasy calm descended on the area.

3.   In honor of their memory, a rare weekday calm descended on the New York Stock Exchange.

4.   With no windows, no clocks, no alarms, no noisy elevators, or ice dispensers, a cocoon-like peaceful calm eventually descended.

5.   A public holiday yesterday prevented the Japanese stock market from reacting to the Yamaichi news, while a nervous calm descended on other Asian markets.

6.   By early evening an uneasy calm had descended in much of Medan but the central and eastern sections of the city were still tightly patrolled.

7.   By nightfall, a tense calm descended on the city.

8.   An eerie calm descended on the area around the former presidential palace, now a heap of rubble in a wasteland of destroyed buildings in the city centre.

9.   The offensive ended and calm descended on Kabul by late afternoon.

10.   With daybreak, an eerie calm descended on the city.