tempest

IPA: tˈɛmpʌst

noun

  • A storm, especially one with severe winds.
  • Any violent tumult or commotion.
  • (obsolete) A fashionable social gathering; a drum.
  • A surname transferred from the nickname.

verb

  • (intransitive, rare) To storm.
  • (transitive, chiefly poetic) To disturb, as by a tempest.
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Examples of "tempest" in Sentences

  • The tempest blew the town.
  • Tempest blows cold in bard double.
  • Ottawa digs out after tempest sweeps.
  • The tempest was formed from the ocean.
  • This is the fifth tempest in the region.
  • The weatherman announced the upcoming tempest.
  • This osteopath thing is a tempest in a teapot.
  • Tempest is equivalent to the bombing of Hiroshima.
  • It was weathered by the tempest and went on to success.
  • Once again, there's a tempest brewing in the national tea pot.

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