Thesaurus.com
Dictionary.com
Showing results for tempest. Search instead for tempesting.
Definitions

tempest

[tem-pist] / ˈtɛm pɪst /


Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

See Examples For:

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 ● Oct. 25, 2025

Amid the film’s self-conscious depiction of a brewing tempest, he remains a true force of nature.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 3, 2025

When he finally turned south, however, he met what may have been the fiercest tempest on Lake Superior in more than 60 years.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 3, 2025

So I hope that’s not just a ripple; I hope it’s the butterfly wings that start the tempest, leading more and more people to behave like socially conscious consumers.

From Salon ● Jan. 28, 2025

The air swirls in a tempest around them, blowing open the glass doors to the garden with a tangle of billowing curtains.

From "The Night Circus" by Erin Morgenstern

Now, scientists have discovered that these massive tempests can also generate lightning far more powerful than anything typically seen on Earth.

From Science Daily ● May 21, 2026

Over the years, ships lost in tempests have piled up on the seabed, themselves becoming hazards to vessels that drag nets around.

From National Geographic ● Dec. 15, 2023

For all her country’s failings, for all her family’s scandals, Queen Elizabeth was, as the Bard wrote, an ever fixed mark, who looked upon tempests and was never shaken.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 20, 2022

Disney executives tend to dismiss such incidents as tempests in teapots: trending today, replaced by a new complaint tomorrow.

From New York Times ● Apr. 17, 2022

We will overcome; we will endure all of life’s tempests.

From "Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West" by Blaine Harden




Vocabulary lists containing tempest


Vocabulary.com logo
by dictionary.com

Look it up. Learn it forever.

Remember new words for good with VocabTrainer. Expand your vocabulary effortlessly with personalized learning tools that adapt to your goals.

Take me to Vocabulary.com