tempest

Example Sentences

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Readers of Shakespeare’s late romance will remember that this ship runs into a tempest that disgorges its passengers onto a strange island in the middle of nowhere.

From Los Angeles Times

The homophobic and sexist taunts had embarrassed his school, angered colleagues and sparked a social-media tempest, with Martina Navratilova among those calling for his firing.

From New York Times

Guess who showed up at the Citadel at the End of Time, the place Sylvie and Loki battled their way past the omnivorous tempest guarding it?

From Salon

When Claude-Joseph Vernet painted a shipwreck in 1772, he captured the sublime not through a precise rendering of a stormy seascape, but rather through the terror of people at the mercy of a tempest.

From Washington Post

Described by Boastful Loki as “a living tempest that consumes matter and energy,” Alioth is what makes sure whatever is sent to the end of time never escapes.

From Los Angeles Times