tempested; tempesting; tempests
: to raise a tempest in or around
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Examples of tempest in a Sentence
Noun
the sudden summertime tempest drove us off the golf course and into the clubhouse
the town council handled the tempest over cuts to the school budget as well as could be expected
Recent Examples on the Web
Paul Elie, The New Yorker, 26 Feb. 2024
The storms illustrated Mother Nature’s power and volatility, as sunny blue skies and record-warm temperatures in the low 70s quickly gave way to tempests that downed trees and power lines and damaged homes, businesses and automobiles.
—Frank Witsil, Detroit Free Press, 28 Feb. 2024
Scientists have found that climate change is making furious tempests like Freddy more common.
—Lynsey Chutel, New York Times, 9 Mar. 2023
And Barrino’s next decade had its share of tempests.
—Angelique Jackson, Variety, 14 Nov. 2023
For this Lear, there was no raging against a tempest on a heath.
—Louis Bayard, Washington Post, 25 May 2023
Social media tempests are largely for the teapot-dwellers.
—Hazlitt, 1 Nov. 2023
With Trump indicted, officials prepare for a tempest: His court appearance Trump case presents extraordinary test for Merrick Garland Trump can still run for president in 2024 after being indicted twice Who is Jack Smith?
—Devlin Barrett, Washington Post, 9 June 2023
Musk’s ownership of Twitter has clearly created a tempest, while giving him control over its powerful megaphone at a perilous time both in US politics and around the world.
—Brian Lowry, CNN, 10 Oct. 2023
Noun
These rhetorical tempests echoed those that followed Russia’s invasion of Ukraine two years ago, when Francis was accused of equivocation for his initial refusal to name Russia as the aggressor in the war.
—Paul Elie, The New Yorker, 26 Feb. 2024
The storms illustrated Mother Nature’s power and volatility, as sunny blue skies and record-warm temperatures in the low 70s quickly gave way to tempests that downed trees and power lines and damaged homes, businesses and automobiles.
—Frank Witsil, Detroit Free Press, 28 Feb. 2024
Scientists have found that climate change is making furious tempests like Freddy more common.
—Lynsey Chutel, New York Times, 9 Mar. 2023
And Barrino’s next decade had its share of tempests.
—Angelique Jackson, Variety, 14 Nov. 2023
For this Lear, there was no raging against a tempest on a heath.
—Louis Bayard, Washington Post, 25 May 2023
Social media tempests are largely for the teapot-dwellers.
—Hazlitt, 1 Nov. 2023
With Trump indicted, officials prepare for a tempest: His court appearance Trump case presents extraordinary test for Merrick Garland Trump can still run for president in 2024 after being indicted twice Who is Jack Smith?
—Devlin Barrett, Washington Post, 9 June 2023
Musk’s ownership of Twitter has clearly created a tempest, while giving him control over its powerful megaphone at a perilous time both in US politics and around the world.
—Brian Lowry, CNN, 10 Oct. 2023
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“Tempest.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tempest. Accessed 17 Apr. 2024.
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