welter

Example Sentences

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At 13, Mei discovers a welter of new emotions — rage, acute embarrassment, lust — that cause her unexpected transformation into a big fluffy red panda.

From Los Angeles Times

What follows is a welter of dramatic scenes with grave pronouncements threaded throughout:

From Los Angeles Times

The welter in welterweight is obscure, possibly from welt, a term for "beat" or "thrash," as in raising lashes, or welts, on the skin.

From Salon

All that has changed in a welter of heat-buckled roads, freak monsoons and collapsed buildings.

From New York Times

Nurses, she said, face a welter of indignities at work.

From Seattle Times