tumult

Example Sentences

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Cities like Dubai and Riyadh, which have long taken pride in their safety from the tumult of the region, have been drawn in, with the growing chaos sparing few countries in Iran's vicinity.

From Barron's • Mar. 4, 2026

In the popular overture, elicitation of tumult concludes, with startling exhilaration, in the kind of grand Beethovenian triumph that never fails to excite.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 19, 2026

As scary as April’s Liberation Day stock swoon was, some Americans took advantage of the tumult to boost their gains in what turned out to eventually be a good year for the S&P 500.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 18, 2026

Life waxes and wanes between peace and tumult, elation and despair.

From Salon • Feb. 7, 2026

The tumult of 1848—the bloody populist revolutions that swept fiercely through France, Denmark, Germany, and Austria and overturned social, political, and religious orders—largely passed him by, like distant thunder.

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee