stormful

Example Sentences

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The dark stormful indignation of a Byron, so wayward and perverse, may have touches of it; nay the withered mockery of a French sceptic,—his mockery of the False, a love and worship of the True.

From On Heroes and Hero Worship and the Heroic in History by Carlyle, Thomas

Nay, rather, now ’Tis no more service to be borne serene, Whither thou wilt, thy stormful wings between.

From The Unknown Eros by Patmore, Coventry Kersey Dighton

Ou ce monstre inhumain fit eclater la guerre: It was from thy Senate, stormful England, that she first launched out War.

From History of Friedrich II of Prussia — Volume 18 by Carlyle, Thomas

A "Chalet" on this spot now welcomes the tourist, but in those days St. Mary's was a lone, and stormful mountain water with not even a forest ranger's cabin to offer shelter.

From A Daughter of the Middle Border by Garland, Hamlin

A more candid soul, once let the stormful velocities of it expend themselves, was nowhere to be met with.

From Life of John Sterling by Carlyle, Thomas