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

But not by much: The cluster’s gas was surprisingly quiescent, not the maelstrom theorists had predicted.

From Science Magazine

Nowhere is safe from the impact of warmer oceans and a rising global temperature, which can turn an idyllic town into a maelstrom of fire in a matter of hours.

From Los Angeles Times

And we feel that most vividly and directly in airplanes, which fly directly into the maelstrom above.

From Salon

Suffice to say that Mia is hurled into a maelstrom of guilt, terror and desperation that finds her suddenly estranged from a family — Jade’s — that had come to feel like her own.

From Los Angeles Times