tempest
Example Sentences
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Haiti's Civil Protection Agency reported two people died and another was injured Thursday when the tempest triggered a landslide in the west of the island nation.
From Barron's
But summoning this tempest is something of an act of will.
Minutes later, these new friends cross the threshold into George and Martha’s dissolute tempest.
Isn’t the whole uproar over Mr. Smith’s snooping on senators’ phone records a “tempest and teapot” given he had to follow rules?
When he finally turned south, however, he met what may have been the fiercest tempest on Lake Superior in more than 60 years.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
