maelstrom
Example Sentences
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“History” is a major player in this breathless narrative, as in “gales of history,” “maelstrom of history,” “winds of history,” “tide of history” and the “frenetic pace of history”—all within a few dozen pages.
There is instead a shape-shifting maelstrom of quarks, and physicists can map quark distribution to estimate the proton’s size.
From Scientific American
The onslaught has swept Albania, a Balkan nation with fewer than three million people, into a maelstrom of uncertainty and plunged it into big geopolitical battles involving Iran, Israel and the United States.
From New York Times
“Everything Everywhere All at Once”: Baffling, bizarre, breakneck and unforgettable, this singularly unique picture plunges the audience headlong into a maelstrom of multiverses.
From Seattle Times
All he can do is hang on for dear life and hope the maelstrom doesn't swallow him whole.
From Salon
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
