(a.) Full of tumult; characterized by tumult; disorderly; turbulent.
(a.) Conducted with disorder; noisy; confused; boisterous; disorderly; as, a tumultuous assembly or meeting.
(a.) Agitated, as with conflicting passions; disturbed.
(a.) Turbulent; violent; as, a tumultuous speech.
Example Sentences:
(1) The government part-nationalised Royal Bank of Scotland and Lloyds-HBOS at the end of a tumultuous month in the global markets following the collapse of Lehman Brothers, the American investment bank.
(2) In countries such as Sri Lanka, child survival and health for all by the year 2000 often seem to be impossible goals, given the tumultuous socioeconomic and political conditions.
(3) Macedonia’s decision to tighten its border with Greece, allowing only Syrians and Iraqis to pass through into the EU, has created tumultuous scenes along its border fence.
(4) You had a tumultuous tenure as editor of The Lady during which you got into trouble with the proprietors for carrying an interview with Tracey Emin in which she talked about sewing being a good distraction from masturbation.
(5) David Cameron began to form his first government comprised solely of Conservative cabinet members on Friday after being delivered an overall Commons majority by a tumultuous election.
(6) However, the case has now been transferred to pre-court.” Criticising the British government over its handling of his wife’s case, Ratcliffe suggested that the tumultuous politics surrounding the EU referendum had lessened interest in her fate.
(7) The latest exchanges set the stage for a tumultuous first session of prime minister's questions on Wednesday following the summer break, when the issue of Syria is certain to dominate.
(8) The announcement by Conservative party central office that Rowland would not be taking the post due to his "developing business interests" capped a tumultuous summer for the property developer who, soon after the Tories announced that he would take over as their treasurer, became the subject of a string of stories in the Daily Mail that sought to paint his business dealings and personal life in a controversial light.
(9) But Rolls is a sound business.” Rishton oversaw a tumultuous period for Rolls that included a string of profit warnings, the first fall in sales for a decade, and the Serious Fraud Office launching an investigation into corruption allegations.
(10) Hume has a reputation for restraint rather than excess, for steady endeavour rather than tumultuous creativity.
(11) The allegations come at the end of a tumultuous week.
(12) I’m delighted.” There were chunks of empty seats in the Hull end at Wembley but the noise inside the stadium was tumultuous, an indication of the stakes at hand.
(13) The tumultuous and often bitter EU referendum campaign has left the two rival camps – Remain and Leave – locked in a dramatic dead heat with just four days to go before the British people decide their European future.
(14) Prof Gillian Leng, the deputy chief executive of the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (Nice), said that "for many young people on the cusp of adulthood, moving between health and social-care services can be a tumultuous and stressful time.
(15) I covered Berlusconi's first successful election, in 1994, after four tumultuous years as Rome correspondent, during which an entire political class had come under investigation and much of it under arrest – even the pillar of Italy's opaque establishment, the prime minister and Christian Democrat leader, Giulio Andreotti.
(16) This is a very difficult and tumultuous time for Somalis and Muslims in the US.” The crime of “material support” carries a maximum prison sentence of 15 years.
(17) For councils as politically tumultuous as this north-west London borough, the idea that a political leader can provide stability and long-term direction is naive.
(18) Poland's recent past has been so much more tumultuous and tragic than ours.
(19) 9 November: A tumultuous day begins with an emergency meeting of the system’s governing board and Wolfe resigns.
(20) Evidence is presented here that an excess of OT in fetal blood over that found in maternal plasma was associated with hypertonic, irregular, tumultuous or prolonged labor and with mild to moderate fetal hypoxia and fetal distress peculiar to abnormal uterine contractions.
Uproar
Definition:
(n.) Great tumult; violent disturbance and noise; noisy confusion; bustle and clamor.
(v. t.) To throw into uproar or confusion.
(v. i.) To make an uproar.
Example Sentences:
(1) But perhaps the most striking example of how differently much of the world sees London – and the importance of religion – from the way the city plainly sees itself came from the US, where Donald Trump caused uproar with a call for a temporary ban on Muslims entering the country.
(2) Bayern’s game in Saudi Arabia also coincided with the uproar over the flogging in the country of activist and blogger Raif Badawi .
(3) Imagine the uproar if a Labour chancellor had planned to borrow another £150bn to invest in jobs, infrastructure, training, childcare and house-building.
(4) In addition to new jobs, the £50m will fund significant investment in training and new systems to improve customer service.” Centrica and other big energy companies are under political and regulatory pressure over their treatment of UK energy customers, reflecting public uproar over the cost of household bills.
(5) In Cecil the lion fallout, hunters defend Walter Palmer and fear big game bans Read more The move comes after an American dentist killed a well-known lion named Cecil in Zimbabwe last month in an allegedly illegal hunt, setting off a worldwide uproar.
(6) Hitler had become chancellor of Germany just 10 days earlier, and the vote provoked uproar.
(7) Whereas the founding fathers of democratic South Africa preached non-racialism, Malema has caused uproar with his singing of the protest song Shoot the Boer‚ a reference to Afrikaner farmers.
(8) Adding to controversy, an MP caused an uproar after by telling parliament alcohol and revealing uniforms should be banned from all Malaysian flights to avoid "Allah's wrath".
(9) The incident sparked uproar, but the circumstances which led the schoolgirls to trek outside at night are not unusual in India .
(10) Burke and the shadow attorney general, Mark Dreyfus, were ejected from parliament during the subsequent uproar over the speaker’s handling of the matter.
(11) Local media said the crash revived memories of an accident in 2004, when a CH-53 helicopter from Marine Corps Air Station Futenma crashed into a nearby university building, triggering a huge anti-base uproar although there were no civilian injuries and the crew survived.
(12) The judge who has allowed a financier to bring a secret libel suit against his own sister-in-law defended his decision to make all the parties anonymous on Wednesday, in the wake of the uproar over superinjunctions and the outing of footballer Ryan Giggs in defiance of court orders.
(13) Facebook Twitter Pinterest Ahmed Mohamed wants to move schools after arrest for homemade clock A social media uproar ensued, with people questioning whether Ahmed would have been arrested had he not been Muslim.
(14) Spicer linked those comments to the rightwing uproar over a recent New York production of Julius Caesar in which the Roman leader was dressed to resemble Trump, and, as in every production since 1599, assassinated.
(15) If the budget does not bring about any further funding increase, there would be uproar.” The junior doctor and GP trainee Dr Jeeves Wijesuriya said the demonstration was a chance for the government to plot a new course for the NHS.
(16) That provoked uproar in the press room and was eventually rescinded.
(17) Lost in the uproar caused in some circles by the condemnation of Israeli settlements embodied in Kerry’s speech and in UN security council resolution 2334 is the fact that, in line with previous US policies on Palestine, both ignore basic rights of the Palestinian people, and the requirements of international law, of justice and of equity.
(18) In the ensuing political uproar, Mrs Thatcher was unable to deny that she had been well aware of the way her son stood to gain from her conflict of interest.
(19) Police arrested 31 as they clashed with protesters in another night of gunfire, teargas and chaos in Ferguson 10 days after the shooting of an unarmed teenager ignited an uproar over race in America.
(20) Amid the uproar of his emerging social activism, Kaepernick is still trying to win a job with the 49ers less than four years after leading them to the Super Bowl.