stormy petrel
Example Sentences
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But Leon Smith, the captain, was determined to have him here, his stormy petrel capable of all sorts of heroics in the past, a good luck charm now, and a loud one.
From The Guardian • Nov. 29, 2015
Like Colonel Mitchell but in different manner and degree, Rear Admiral William Sowden Sims, retired, has been a stormy petrel.
From Time Magazine Archive
The stormy petrel of the U.S. foreign service got a new job last week.
From Time Magazine Archive
Tall, gimlet-eyed, Alabama-born J.Frank Norris, 69, rejoices in his ecclesiastical reputation as the "stormy petrel of the Southwest," and sees to it that the description keeps up-to-date.
From Time Magazine Archive
The pilot boat was soon unmoored and flying out to sea like a stormy petrel.
From A Noble Woman by Stephens, Ann S. (Ann Sophia)
