stormful

Example Sentences

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Nay, rather, now ’Tis no more service to be borne serene, Whither thou wilt, thy stormful wings between.

From The Unknown Eros by Patmore, Coventry Kersey Dighton

The dark stormful indignation of a Byron, so wayward and perverse, may have touches of it; nay the 392withered mockery of a French sceptic,—his mockery of the False, a love and worship of the True.

From Sartor Resartus, and On Heroes, Hero-Worship, and the Heroic in History by Carlyle, Thomas

A more candid soul, once let the stormful velocities of it expend themselves, was nowhere to be met with.

From Life of John Sterling by Carlyle, Thomas

Mayer was of Austrian, of half Spanish birth; a musical, really melodious, affectionate, but indignant, wildly stormful mortal; and had had adventures without end.

From History of Friedrich II of Prussia — Volume 19 by Carlyle, Thomas

Another wild, stormful song, that dwells in our ear and mind with a strange tenacity, is Macpherson’s Farewell.

From Life of Robert Burns by Carlyle, Thomas