tempested; tempesting; tempests
: to raise a tempest in or around
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Examples of tempest in a Sentence
Noun
the sudden summertime tempest drove us off the golf course and into the clubhouse
the town council handled the tempest over cuts to the school budget as well as could be expected
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Khristopher J. Brooks, CBS News, 3 July 2024
As Biden slogs through the post-debate tempest, the Trump campaign has no public events on its schedule for the week.
—David Jackson, USA TODAY, 2 July 2024
Relaxed high-altitude winds, the spreading of air aloft and the presence of an antecedent tropical wave all made for the formation of a hurricane — but record-warm water temperatures, reminiscent of September, helped transform the storm into a top-tier tempest.
—Amanda Coletta, Washington Post, 2 July 2024
What Ava sees as an eco-apocalypse, Deborah considers a tempest in a teacup.
—Julian Sancton, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Sep. 2019
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Noun
And with meteorologists expecting an above normal Atlantic hurricane season this year, nearly 33 million homes from Texas to Maine could face danger from the savage winds, storm surges and heavy rainfall such tempests can produce, real estate data provider CoreLogic estimates.
—Khristopher J. Brooks, CBS News, 3 July 2024
As Biden slogs through the post-debate tempest, the Trump campaign has no public events on its schedule for the week.
—David Jackson, USA TODAY, 2 July 2024
Relaxed high-altitude winds, the spreading of air aloft and the presence of an antecedent tropical wave all made for the formation of a hurricane — but record-warm water temperatures, reminiscent of September, helped transform the storm into a top-tier tempest.
—Amanda Coletta, Washington Post, 2 July 2024
What Ava sees as an eco-apocalypse, Deborah considers a tempest in a teacup.
—Julian Sancton, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Sep. 2019
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“Tempest.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tempest. Accessed 26 Jul. 2024.
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