stormy

Example Sentences

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Beneath the stormy optics of that immigration crackdown, however, lies a less-noticed reversal: America’s own citizens are leaving in record numbers.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 28, 2026

Better still, it even gives you hope for humanity, even if the movie’s overall forecast for society is stormy.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 18, 2026

On a stormy evening, the 45-year-old marketing specialist was heading to a Sergei Prokofiev opera at the Bolshoi's historic stage.

From Barron's • Feb. 18, 2026

For hundreds of years, Cornwall writers have drawn on its rugged cliffs, stormy seas and mining history for characters, settings and storylines.

From BBC • Feb. 14, 2026

The van buoys like a boat on a stormy lake until we finally reach the spot.

From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith