(1) A man of Ben van Beurden’s power and reputation for blunt speaking is capable of silencing a ballroom packed with his boisterous peers.
(2) In a boisterous session of prime minister's questions, Cameron raised questions over Flowers's suitability to run the bank.
(3) Her childhood - split between a boisterous outdoorsiness and an intense inner life - was dominated by her overbearing mother, with whom she fought "steadily but reluctantly" until her death.
(4) In a rare move, Cannes judges decided to split the jury prize between Mommy , a boisterous Oedipal comedy from Canada's 25-year-old Xavier Dolan, and the abstract, oblique Goodbye to Language from the 83-year-old provocateur Jean-Luc Godard.
(5) Less recognizable than its more boisterous counterpart and in some respects less tangible, this side of the problem of countertransference is no less important.
(6) Brodick's Ormidale Hotel is a boisterous, Camra-recommended pub with homecooked bar food and a large garden.
(7) When she talks about the difference the treatments made in her life, her voice – already cheerful – becomes boisterous.
(8) There are 2.46 million eligible voters who will elect 89 members of parliament after a boisterous nine-day campaign.
(9) A neighbour, the mother of three boisterous boys, left her family to fend for themselves at 8am and did not return until late in the evening.
(10) When he opened the newspapers on Thursday he found that his robust handling of a boisterous budget day had made him a parliamentary superstar in pinstripes.
(11) Was it the boisterous intrusion of her tone, the inexcusability of the phrase "lonely only", or the idea of strapping on skates as a euphemism for – what exactly?
(12) She described the elder Trump as “very, very difficult … loud and boisterous” and someone Trump was eager to impress.
(13) In a format that was three parts talkshow to one part gameshow, the candidates faced probing inquiries as well as random questions pulled from sealed envelopes as they sat almost knee-to-knee with MSNBC host Rachel Maddow in front of a boisterous campus audience.
(14) The crowds are boisterous, desperate even, and the umpire tells them to shut it.
(15) Several attitudes toward this widespread adolescent behaviour are now current--and often in conflict--in our society, including viewing teenage intoxication as a symptom of problem drinking, a warning signal of future alcoholism, a reflection of cultural norms and social changes, and an expression of youthful boisterousness.
(16) Tonight we have made a little bit of history,” the white-haired Sanders said at a podium positioned between Wisconsin and United States flags at the outset of his hourlong speech before a boisterous crowd.
(17) By the end, the boisterous corner of Evertonians were crowing that his job was in danger.
(18) The giant banner unveiled before kickoff on the fondo sur , where Madrid’s most boisterous fans congregate, read: “ Juntos No Hay Imposibles ” (translation: “Together Nothing is Impossible”).
(19) On one side it said “Tired doctors make mistakes” and on the other “New contract – DNR.” The mood at the rally, just off Pall Mall, was defiant, boisterous and determined, though interspersed with noisy chants of “Hunt must go, Hunt must go” and “BMA, BMA, BMA”, in support of the organisation Hunt is trying to separate them from.
(20) There is a sports room, a little boisterous like a dressing room up and down the country.
Tumult
Definition:
(n.) The commotion or agitation of a multitude, usually accompanied with great noise, uproar, and confusion of voices; hurly-burly; noisy confusion.
(n.) Violent commotion or agitation, with confusion of sounds; as, the tumult of the elements.
(n.) Irregular or confused motion; agitation; high excitement; as, the tumult of the spirits or passions.
(v. i.) To make a tumult; to be in great commotion.
Example Sentences:
(1) Arab women can claim to have been all these things and more during the three months of tumult that have shaken the region.
(2) Houthis and their Saudi foes have begun talks to try to end Yemen’s war , two officials said, in what appears their most serious bid to close a theatre of Saudi-Iranian rivalry deepening political tumult across the Middle East.
(3) Don’t dream of any revolution again.” Mubarak’s release comes amid an economic crisis following years of political tumult and worsening security.
(4) Facebook Twitter Pinterest Ballymurphy killings: IRA shootings under dispute – video What emerges above all else from the many contemporary statements and the recollections of those who were present is an impression of tumult, chaos and confusion.
(5) Far away from the tumult of independence, eight British and American consultants from the Ford Foundation had gathered in Berkeley, California, to review maps, draw up plans, and mock up drafts of India’s new capital city.
(6) Syntagma is likely to see more tumult in the months to come – next year is poised to be the roughest since Greece descended into economic freefall following revelations of the true scale of its budget deficit in late 2009.
(7) Patten took the last word when he appeared before MPs on Monday, telling them the current tumult would help "transform the BBC and make it a more trusted national institution – more trusted than it is today, which is reasonably high but not as high as it should be".
(8) Jack Stewart, junior doctor, 28, London: ‘I voted in favour of the new contract, but am now backing this strike’ I voted yes to the contract in May because, with the tumult surrounding Brexit, it felt like the best deal we were likely to get.
(9) They were saved by a diver who shouted above the tumult that they should swim out to sea, rather than to the shore.
(10) In a sign of the political tumult that lies ahead, Antonis Samaras, New Democracy's leader, said he would seek to create a "government of national salvation" that would attempt to amend the loan agreement Greece had signed with its "troika" of creditors, the EU, European Central Bank and IMF.
(11) If the yes side wins, the people of the third Scotland will benefit from a huge injection of self-validation, and surely carve out a role within the resulting tumult.
(12) The third storm – political tumult brought about by the rise of populist political movements – poses yet another serious threat.
(13) With a cliffhanger third and final vote now due on 29 December, Greece’s beleaguered prime minister, Antonis Samaras, warned MPs of the political tumult that would ensue if they failed then to support the government’s presidential candidate.
(14) After the country declared independence in 1962, a quarter of a century of political tumult and violence followed.
(15) Seeking to calm nerves at a time of economic tumult, the central bank said it guarantees deposits in all currencies and that individuals and companies would face no restrictions in depositing and withdrawing foreign currency.
(16) It is from his years of therapy, you assume, that he learned to talk so calmly about his internal tumult.
(17) Her body clock is set to New York time and her system is a tumult of sleeping pills and caffeine.
(18) Don't Cry For Me Cobham retraces the magical and tumultous story of the nation's seventh-favourite jobbing TV presenter through the medium of classic Andrew Lloyd Webber-penned showstoppers like I'm Princess Tippytoes (about Turner's spat with GMTV co-host Eamonn Holmes, played here by Danny DeVito), Yes, I'm Still Going On About Tracy Island, and the riotous Smash His Face Up, about her husband Grant Bovey's epic 2002 Celebrity Boxing bout with Ricky Gervais.
(19) But this Saturday, on the first anniversary of the disputed elections that gave rise to the biggest challenge to the Islamic republic's authority in its 30-year history, a repeat of such tumult is hard to imagine.
(20) The deals collapsed in 2008 when the housing market plunged and the scale of the risks was exposed, and the resulting financial tumult led to the biggest crisis since the Great Depression.