The phrase "a semblance of calm" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a situation or feeling that appears to be calm, even if it may not be genuine or complete.
Example: "Despite the chaos around them, she managed to maintain a semblance of calm during the meeting."
Alternatives: "an appearance of tranquility" or "a facade of peace".
But a semblance of calm has returned, he added.
Only with the quick nomination of Matthias Platzeck, premier of Brandenburg, as candidate for SPD chairman, did a semblance of calm return.
Only with the quick nomination of Matthias Platzeck, the premier of Brandenburg, as candidate for SPD chairman, did a semblance of calm return.
When David Cameron decided to sack Michael Gove and replace him with Nicky Morgan, it was meant to restore a semblance of calm to the debate on education.
As night settled over Orlando, bringing a semblance of calm to the rattled city, the extent of the trauma inflicted on it had only begun to emerge.
Over the objections of some top advisers, he had dispatched marines to Beirut to be part of a multinational force to bring a semblance of calm to Lebanon.
When I was throwing on clothes in the bedroom, to prepare for this frantic journey, this admonishing voice lifted in a semblance of bemused calm: Be careful what you wear — you may be wearing it for a long time.
In the capital, there was a semblance of outward calm — people went to work, African women walked by with loads on their heads, and pairs of white women went jogging through neighborhoods with names like Trelawney, Avondale, and Belgravia — but the tortured bodies of missing M.D.C. members were still turning up, and Tsvangirai and many of his fellow party members were living in semi-hiding.
Again, was this a very bizarre misuse of resources, or some semblance of calm sanity and competence?
On Monday, reporters in Beijing described a wrenching scene at the Lido Hotel, where many of the relatives have been immured since the plane vanished: at least two people were wheeled off on stretchers after fainting at the news, and a police contingent was called in to maintain some semblance of calm.
Some semblance of calm was restored when Ewing returned with 10 minutes left and tried to bring his team back.
