Thesaurus results for TEMPEST

tempest

noun

ˈtem-pəst

as in storm

a disturbance of the atmosphere accompanied by wind and often by precipitation (as rain or snow) the sudden summertime tempest drove us off the golf course and into the clubhouse

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as in upheaval

a violent disturbance (as of the political or social order) the town council handled the tempest over cuts to the school budget as well as could be expected

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Recent Examples of tempest This gripping page-turner — featuring a decades-old murder, a writer in town to tell the real story and an oncoming tempest — feels like it was ripped from the juiciest headlines. —

Carly Tagen-Dye, PEOPLE, 11 Jan. 2026 While the idea of a one-time tax on more than 200 people has a long way to go before getting onto the ballot and would need to be passed by voters in November, the tempest around it captures the zeitgeist of angst and anger at the core of California. —

Seema Mehta, Los Angeles Times, 2 Jan. 2026 This wild tempest of a tale set in Depression-era Nebraska follows a prairie witch and a high school girl swept up into a tumultuous western epic about the tragedies and ambitions of Manifest Destiny. —

Ron Charles, CBS News, 28 Dec. 2025 Yet What Lane Will (Actually) Do is almost secondary to the tempest he’s created to get here. —

Dana O’Neil, CNN Money, 28 Nov. 2025 See All Example Sentences for tempest

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The National Weather Service confirmed on Tuesday that 12 tornadoes were produced across Illinois and northern Indiana during a series of severe storms earlier this month.

— Jeramie Bizzle, CBS News, 25 Mar. 2026
One unforeseen storm might send users looking for an alternative.

— Kyle Chayka, New Yorker, 25 Mar. 2026