How to Use tumult in a Sentence

tumult

noun

• We had to shout to be heard over the tumult.
• The country was in tumult.
• Her mind was in a tumult of emotions.
• This isn’t the first time food prices have been in a tumult.
  — Aniruddha Ghosal, Evelyne Musambi, and Joeal Calupitan, The Christian Science Monitor, 28 Sep. 2023
• Others have lost touch with friends in the tumult of the past few years.
  — Sarah Todd, Quartz, 22 Apr. 2022
• Not all of the tumult that occurred over the past year was his fault, to be sure.
  — Oliver Darcy, CNN, 8 June 2023
• And despite the tumult off the field, Michigan would like to keep him around.
  — Ralph D. Russo, USA TODAY, 7 Jan. 2024
• In the tumult, work on the dam ceased, the prosecutor said.
  — James Glanz, New York Times, 16 Sep. 2023
• More tumult Haniyeh’s death added to the tumult in the Middle East.
  — Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 2 Aug. 2024
• At the time of the ownership change, Barnes & Noble was in a state of tumult.
  — Maureen O’Connor, New York Times, 17 Oct. 2023
• In the face of that tumult, Pegues has turned to tradition.
  — Brett Dawson, The Courier-Journal, 31 Jan. 2022
• And the political tumult stacks up all the way to the United States.
  — Julie Turkewitz Federico Rios, New York Times, 14 Sep. 2023
• And the novel carries on from there, a tumult of dread and horror, right through to the end.
  — The Week Staff, The Week, 29 Aug. 2022
• Much of this tumult is the result of appointments to the Supreme Court.
  — J. Joel Alicea, National Review, 20 Apr. 2022
• The tumult has roped in some of the biggest acts in K-pop, and could spill over well beyond that genre.
  — Los Angeles Times, 22 Feb. 2023
• The membership rolls of the Big Ten and the Pac-12, though, remained unchanged through the tumult.
  — New York Times, 30 June 2022
• There’s a churning sense of tumult and a string of strong action scenes.
  — Tom Gliatto, Peoplemag, 10 May 2024
• Let all the tumult within me cease, Lord, enfold me in your peace.
  — Elizabeth Berry, Woman's Day, 12 Oct. 2022
• His on-field struggles pale compared with the tumult of his life in 2022.
  — Hua Hsu, The New Yorker, 26 Nov. 2022
• Still, despite the tumult, in the wake of Prigozhin’s mutiny few are cheering on future coups.
  — Ben Makuch, The New Republic, 26 July 2023
• The tumult of the waning days of Mack’s tenure bled over through into most of the season.
  — Brett Dawson, The Courier-Journal, 10 Mar. 2022
• The true source of tumult in the Middle East is Iran’s theocratic regime.
  — Robert C. O’Brien, Foreign Affairs, 18 June 2024
• No one knows where the tumult of our time will lead; no doubt more surprises await.
  — William Inboden, CNN, 8 Oct. 2022
• So who is the guy steering Mercedes through this tumult?
  — Ben Oliver, Robb Report, 5 Oct. 2024
• Jones lives in Gardena, not far from the epicenter of the tumult.
  — NBC News, 29 Apr. 2022
• Indeed, the tumult in the housing market over the last year has pushed a good number of buyers, like the Basiles, to a breaking point.
  — Andrew Brinker, BostonGlobe.com, 7 Oct. 2022
• Still, Putin’s threats add to a general sense of anxiety in a world in tumult.
  — Vanessa Gera, Anchorage Daily News, 21 Oct. 2022
• Throughout this tumult, however, the role of Gulf states, rich with oil and gas, seemed to change little.
  — Karen E. Young, Foreign Affairs, 10 July 2023
• Amid a season of tumult up front, Monheim became a steadying force.
  — Ryan Kartje, Los Angeles Times, 20 Sep. 2024
• While the handful of recent protests near Columbia have been minor, signs of last spring’s tumult are apparent.
  — Jake Offenhartz, Los Angeles Times, 3 Sep. 2024

Last Updated: 10 Nov 2024