He did this as he does almost everything: calmly, reasonably, and without a hint of irony or eloquence.
"Emmanuel ran well," they say calmly, almost expectantly.
"Frank took the news calmly, almost as if he expected it," Redstone writes of the firing.
Dr. Goldmann, a stocky, white‐haired man, spoke calmly, almost phlegmatically.
He clenches his fist in celebration and then raises his bat calmly, almost meekly.
But in Damascus, where critics of the regime can weigh the options more calmly, almost nobody wants outside forces.
The hunters could do nothing but watch the shining black backs of bowheads, breathing calmly, almost close enough to touch.
The work's centerpiece is a setting of an interview conducted by an angry Anderson Cooper, the CNN anchor, with the calmly, almost robotically diplomatic Senator Mary Landrieu.
So, while there's anger and frustration throughout A Seat at the Table, it's often presented calmly, almost matter-of-factly.
Van Persie took an artful stride backward, foxed his marker, Daniel Agger, and then eased his bodyweight forward to calmly, almost casually, volley the ball into the net from 10 meters, or more than 30 feet.
