The 'blocking' high pressure systems also made this an unusually calm winter, with very few gales.

Emergency doctors breathed a sigh of relief last night as, for once, there seemed to have been more drama happening outside the hospital than on the unusually calm wards.

Though they initially paid the farmer's claim, the insurance company became suspicious when an investigation found that he had been unusually calm when the emergency services arrived.

I arrived at my desk for another day's glorious toil feeling unusually calm.

The concierge who opened the door to them was said to have appeared unusually calm throughout the ordeal.