How to Use turbulent in a Sentence

turbulent

adjective

• Turbulent waters caused the boat to capsize.
• The sixties were a turbulent period in American history.
• Reddit is rolling out the changes on the heels of some turbulent weeks for the platform.
  — Jay Peters, The Verge, 1 Aug. 2023
• They’re bordered to the north by the turbulent Hess River and to the south by the MacMillan.
  — Hazlitt, 20 Dec. 2022
• Talk of a turbulent art market in the West has been met with signs of growth in Asia.
  — Francesca Aton, ARTnews.com, 5 Sep. 2024
• The mood is shadowy, the palette a turbulent chiaroscuro.
  — The New Yorker, 22 Dec. 2023
• In the world of Hollywood award shows, this year got off to a turbulent start.
  — Lilah Ramzi, Vogue, 8 Mar. 2024
• Kesha’s stand against Combs comes in the wake of a turbulent six months for the rapper.
  — Wesley Stenzel, EW.com, 1 June 2024
• It’s been proven time and time again that slouchy boots reign supreme in the face of turbulent trend cycles.
  — Boutayna Chokrane, ELLE, 10 Jan. 2023
• Click through to see which global routes are the most turbulent.
  — Melvin Backman, Quartz, 3 July 2024
• Still, the turbulent events led some investors to feel that surely the worst was over.
  — Joe Rennison John-Michael Murphy, New York Times, 30 Dec. 2022
• The trade ends what had been a turbulent time with the Wings for Vrana, a talented forward.
  — Helene St. James, Detroit Free Press, 3 Mar. 2023
• The biggest joke in the theater when the movie came out was the silent drummer who comes out as gay on the plane flight that’s so turbulent.
  — Brian Hiatt, Rolling Stone, 29 Oct. 2022
• But the Dutch payments company has had a turbulent few months, as its shares have dropped about 48% since the start of the year.
  — Byprarthana Prakash, Fortune, 24 Oct. 2023
• Regardless, the staffing cuts come at a turbulent time for the Trevor Project more broadly.
  — Eli Cahan, The New Republic, 10 July 2023
• The company and state blame a turbulent EV market for the change.
  — Dave Boucher, Detroit Free Press, 9 July 2024
• Do poets lead more turbulent lives, or does our short form leave more time in the day for mischief?
  — Lauren Kane, The New York Review of Books, 26 Aug. 2023
• Faith is like an anchor that can right your ship when the waters of life turn turbulent, and a shipwreck nears.
  — Armstrong Williams, Baltimore Sun, 31 Mar. 2024
• The young star has certainly had a turbulent past couple of years.
  — Hannah Dailey, Billboard, 30 Jan. 2023
• The storm has made for some turbulent flights, even when timing goes smoothly.
  — Angie Dimichele, Sun Sentinel, 24 Dec. 2022
• Here, the rocks make the water turbulent, so few fish are able to navigate the current pulling toward the sea.
  — Irene Wright, Miami Herald, 8 May 2024
• Keep calm and trade on Keep calm and trade on — that’s the mantra many investors are repeating to themselves through one of the most turbulent news weeks of the year.
  — Nicole Goodkind, CNN, 5 Nov. 2024
• This has been a turbulent and bruising few weeks for Ronaldo.
  — Steve Douglas, ajc, 7 Dec. 2022
• At the very least, jotting down turbulent emotions in a journal should help.
  — Tarot Astrologers, Chicago Tribune, 22 July 2023
• By then, the geyser had settled into a wide, turbulent simmer on the surface.
  — Mark Bowden, The Atlantic, 13 Dec. 2023
• Outlook: The Spirit, like the league as a whole, is coming off a turbulent couple of seasons.
  — Orlando Sentinel, 25 Mar. 2023
• Meanwhile, many traders have turned to call options tied to the index, a wager that things may get much more turbulent.
  — Gunjan Banerji, WSJ, 22 Feb. 2023
• In the next few decades, bears became a source of comfort during turbulent times—even for those long past childhood.
  — Alice George, Smithsonian Magazine, 27 Nov. 2023
• The board’s first months under Duffey were turbulent but effective.
  — Jonathan Blitzer, The New Yorker, 2 Nov. 2024
• The strike, Boeing's first machinist walkout since 2008, follows a turbulent period for the aerospace giant.
  — Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 5 Nov. 2024

Last Updated: 2 Dec 2024