How to Use turmoil in a Sentence

turmoil

noun
  • His life has been in a constant turmoil.
  • The country has been in turmoil for the past 10 years.
  • On and on the turmoil grinds through this crazed decade.
    Matt Thompson, Spin, 10 Sep. 2023
  • Still, the turmoil in the past may only be a taste of what's ahead.
    Rick Klein, ABC News, 8 Feb. 2023
  • Uvalde has been in turmoil in the two years since the shooting.
    J. David Goodman, New York Times, 22 May 2024
  • And the timing is right for the return of the festival, given the world’s turmoil.
    James Sullivan, BostonGlobe.com, 2 May 2023
  • But with the Ravens a game behind at 9-5 and in turmoil, the division is the Bengals’ to lose.
    Andrew Gillis, cleveland, 18 Dec. 2022
  • Still, there are the long-term effects of the turmoil to consider.
    Jasmin Malik Chua, Sourcing Journal, 11 Sep. 2024
  • Despite the street turmoil, Ms. Myrle likes to go for strolls on her breaks.
    Jordan Gale Jan Hoffman, New York Times, 31 July 2023
  • Hernández and André broke off from the others, and from the turmoil emerged a new group: Jaguares.
    Holly Alvarado, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 June 2024
  • The bottom line: There's more turmoil — and testing — ahead.
    Mike Allen, Axios, 4 Nov. 2024
  • Lo knows to play a long game, and plans to remain steadfast while waiting for the turmoil to subside.
    Zinnia Lee, Forbes, 4 Nov. 2024
  • What the 71-year-old has found since completing his $1.5 billion deal is a club in turmoil and the Premier League in chaos.
    Amanda Gerut, Fortune Europe, 20 June 2024
  • The crypto world has been in turmoil since the collapse of the exchange FTX earlier this month.
    Amy Yurkanin | Ayurkanin@al.com, al, 26 Nov. 2022
  • Yet somehow, amid all the turmoil, the Colts managed to play good enough last weekend to snap a three-game losing streak.
    Mark Heim | Mheim@al.com, al, 20 Nov. 2022
  • And ironically, horror films have played best when the world is in some kind of turmoil.
    Vulture, 20 Jan. 2023
  • And this post is Substack sticking its flag in the ground as reading on the internet is in some turmoil.
    Jay Peters, The Verge, 10 Aug. 2023
  • The next day came a sobering tour of Old Havana, from its colonial roots to its modern turmoil.
    Moriah Balingit, Sacramento Bee, 25 Jan. 2024
  • Those lonely fields could feel like a refuge from the turmoil of being Black in Alabama.
    Michael S. Williamson, Washington Post, 22 June 2024
  • Amid the turmoil, Musk has stoked the culture-war issues that helped inspire him to purchase the company in the first place.
    Cat Zakrzewski, Faiz Siddiqui, Joseph Menn, Anchorage Daily News, 22 Nov. 2022
  • The short video also showed a hint of turmoil, as SZA and a shirtless Justin begin to have an argument.
    Quinci Legardye, Harper's BAZAAR, 26 Aug. 2023
  • Other elixirs for inner turmoil tumble down to us from sources as old as myths.
    Martha McPhee, Vogue, 24 July 2024
  • The report did not delve into the internal turmoil that caused sponsors to flee.
    Patrick Frater, Variety, 13 Oct. 2023
  • The Portland Trail Blazers’ offseason has seen its share of turmoil to this point.
    Afentres, oregonlive, 6 July 2023
  • Many thought that the Fed would pause given the recent turmoil in the banking sector, with some even arguing that the Fed should cut rates.
    Kevin A. Hassett, National Review, 22 Mar. 2023
  • The turmoil at the time prompted the US military to escalate its mission in Haiti.
    BostonGlobe.com, 27 Feb. 2023
  • There’s so much history, culture, and current turmoil in some of the countries that are featured on the show.
    Lisa Deaderick, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 Sep. 2023
  • His killing stunned a department that has struggled to fill its ranks since the murder of George Floyd and the ensuing turmoil.
    Michael Goldberg, Twin Cities, 11 June 2024
  • Charged with bribery, fraud and breach of trust, Netanyahu will testify three times a week, the court said, despite the Gaza war and possible new threats posed by wider Middle East turmoil.
    Reuters, CNN, 10 Dec. 2024
  • Iran has been battered by Israel from outside and dissent and economic turmoil on the inside.
    Tracy Wilkinson, Los Angeles Times, 8 Dec. 2024

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