(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.
Turmoil
Definition:
(n.) Harassing labor; trouble; molestation by tumult; disturbance; worrying confusion.
(v. t.) To harass with commotion; to disquiet; to worry.
(v. i.) To be disquieted or confused; to be in commotion.
Example Sentences:
(1) He deploys a zero-risk strategy aimed at keeping his rightwing political base behind him, while convincing the public that he alone could lead the country in times of regional turmoil.
(2) A six-month uprising by the rebel group M23, led by war crimes suspect Bosco "the Terminator" Ntaganda, has caused fresh turmoil in eastern Congo and displaced hundreds of thousands of people.
(3) The centre-left PD party, for example, is in turmoil - with leader Pier Luigi Bersani resigning over the weekend after both his favoured candidates for the presidency were rejected.
(4) However, following the management turmoil that engulfed the BBC in the autumn as it struggled to deal with the Savile scandal, there have been calls for the role to be reinstated.
(5) What we are witnessing is the collision of two imperfect storms: the Conservative party’s turmoil over the future of taxation, and the transformation of the economy.
(6) With the eurozone unravelling and world markets in turmoil, threatening even the meagre recovery the UK economy had achieved since the onset of the credit crunch, he repeatedly evokes a mood of national emergency to explain why the coalition he forged with David Cameron is the right government for the times.
(7) Running ITV is likely to prove a tough challenge given the ongoing turmoil in the advertising market, with some advocating that the company needs a turnaround specialist or a leader who will enable the company to exploit digital technology.
(8) They watch her life crumble as she's subjected to further turmoil through pregnancy or marital crisis.
(9) It demonstrated the turmoil facing Lucas, a £6m talent whose desperation to impress increases with every sporadic appearance, that the Kop began chanting Alonso's name after 36 minutes.
(10) Against the backdrop of market turmoil, the head of the International Monetary Fund warned that global growth will be weaker than previously expected .
(11) Against the backdrop of a faltering global economy, turmoil in the country’s stock markets and overcapacity in factories, Chinese economic growth has slowed markedly.
(12) The public, buffeted by weather fluctuations and economic turmoil, has little time to analyse decadal changes.
(13) British officials played down the turmoil in the NTC, insisting it was linked directly to the investigation into the killing of Younes.
(14) Yet while its problems are well documented, it's often difficult to get a sense of what it's like for the artists caught up in the turmoil.
(15) Alex Wynaendts, chief executive, said the deal would "strengthen Aegon's position during this period of uncertainty and unprecedented economic turmoil" and provide an improved capital buffer.
(16) But, since then, it has fallen to around $1,660 (£1,047) defying predictions – and the hopes of speculators – that it would continue to hit new peaks during the ongoing financial turmoil.
(17) While political turmoil could make London's townhouses an even more attractive safe haven for wealthy Russians and Ukrainians, a spokesperson said: "We've seen no real change and nor do we expect any."
(18) The majority of these children come from Guatemala , Honduras and El Salvador – three of the many countries ravaged by civil strife, drug wars and economic turmoil precipitated by US political and military intervention over several decades, as well as free-trade regimes and the corporate plunder of Latin America's natural resources.
(19) Efforts to unite the disparate groups have until now been lost in a myriad of competing ambitions and decades of political turmoil.
(20) Political turmoil in a state western counter-terrorism agencies have been able to rely on would also have "far-reaching consequences for the Arab-Israel relationship and regional instability", a former senior intelligence official said.