We had to shout to be heard over the tumult.
The country was in tumult.
Her mind was in a tumult of emotions.
Recent Examples on the WebBerk and his costars have been dogged by rumors and reports of tension and tumult on set of the series following the announcement of his departure from the show last year.—Jessica Wang, EW.com, 13 Mar. 2024 Skepticism against defense work has faded for younger generations raised on the tumult of foreign wars, a financial crisis and the rising threat of China, said hackathon organizer Rasmus Dey Meyer, a 20-year-old junior at Georgetown University’s School of Foreign Service.—Elizabeth Dwoskin, Washington Post, 17 Feb. 2024 This sort of seismic tumult isn’t an uncommon occurrence in this region, however.—Karen Garcia, Los Angeles Times, 12 Feb. 2024 The familiarity of this exchange—the guest’s politeness, the hosts’ inquisitiveness, the affectionate comedy of homecoming—functions like bedrock under the tumult of two languages.—Helen Shaw, The New Yorker, 25 Jan. 2024 Inevitably all this tumult attracts the attention of a trio of huffy rival confectioners, Slugworth (Paterson Joseph), Prodnose (Matt Lucas), and Fickelgruber (Mathew Baynton).—Peter Rainer, The Christian Science Monitor, 15 Dec. 2023 And Byju’s first-ever CFO, who was supposed to steer the startup through financial tumult, resigned in October after six months on the job.—Pallavi Pundir, Fortune Asia, 1 Mar. 2024 And despite the tumult off the field, Michigan would like to keep him around.—Ralph D. Russo, USA TODAY, 7 Jan. 2024 The tumult unleashed by Nixon gave the world’s capitalists a strong impetus to dollarise their profits.—Yanis Varoufakis, Fortune, 11 Feb. 2024
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Word History
Etymology
Middle English tumulte, from Anglo-French, from Latin tumultus; perhaps akin to Sanskrit tumula noisy
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