turmoil
Example Sentences
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The script is glancingly empathetic to Jane’s moral turmoil but like Daniel, the film has made up its mind before the movie started.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 10, 2026
The problem was that Old Trafford was in turmoil.
From BBC • Jun. 10, 2026
"They want to make it seem like there is mass social turmoil in Mexico, and that's not true," Sheinbaum has said of the protests.
From Barron's • Jun. 9, 2026
In telling the little-known story of the Harlem Cultural Festival held in 1969, “Summer of Soul” presents it as a revolutionary act of Black joy, standing in contrast to the political turmoil.
From Salon • Jun. 7, 2026
“All this racial turmoil has got to be upsetting.”
From "Blended" by Sharon M. Draper
Vocabulary lists containing turmoil
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This Week in Words: October 13 – 20, 2018
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Franklin Roosevelt, "Four Freedoms" (1941)
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