stormy petrel
Example Sentences
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But Leon Smith, the captain, was determined to have him here, his stormy petrel capable of all sorts of heroics in the past, a good luck charm now, and a loud one.
From The Guardian • Nov. 29, 2015
The stormy petrel of the U.S. foreign service got a new job last week.
From Time Magazine Archive
In Vienna the task of Chancellor Kurt Schuschnigg's new Government was not made any easier by his Minister of Interior, rough and imperious Major Emil Fey, long the stormy petrel of Austrian politics.
From Time Magazine Archive
The stormy petrel from Wisconsin has issued a stinging rejoinder.
From Time Magazine Archive
My cousin is the stormy petrel sort, with the best intentions in the world, but always getting herself and others into trouble.
From Lonesome Town by Dorrance, Ethel
