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Examples of tempest in a teapot in a Sentence
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What’s the source of this latest tempest in a teapot?
—Andrew Torgan, CNN, 28 Jan. 2024
In short, this tempest in a teapot revealed far more about our current cultural anxieties, sensitivities, and suspicions than anything else.
—Marlow Stern, Rolling Stone, 2 Sep. 2023
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Word History
First Known Use
1838, in the meaning defined above
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The first known use of tempest in a teapot was
in 1838
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“Tempest in a teapot.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tempest%20in%20a%20teapot. Accessed 22 Dec. 2024.
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