maelstrom

Example Sentences

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“History” is a major player in this breathless narrative, as in “gales of history,” “maelstrom of history,” “winds of history,” “tide of history” and the “frenetic pace of history”—all within a few dozen pages.

From The Wall Street Journal

Much of the time I was depressed just trying to keep from drowning in the maelstrom of events and emotions swirling around him.

From The Wall Street Journal

While that may suggest there was a spike in reader interest amid the political maelstrom coming out of Washington in recent months, there are caveats.

From MarketWatch

The authors trace the origin of HTS to the maelstrom of the early years of the Sunni insurgency in Syria.

From The Wall Street Journal

Some have expressed sympathy for team leadership for being thrust into a political maelstrom not of their making.

From Los Angeles Times