as in turmoil
a disturbed or uneasy state
in a year filled with corporate Sturm und Drang, the company was headed by no fewer than three different CEOs
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Recent Examples of Sturm und Drang
Yet there has been an asymmetry between the Sturm und Drang of that operation—a midnight raid featured agents rappelling from helicopters onto a South Side apartment building—and its effect.
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Benjamin Wallace-Wells, New Yorker, 5 Oct. 2025
At the heart of the book is the recognition that almost all of the Sturm und Drang of the most destructive century in history has revolved around one place -- the Eurasian landmass -- and one issue: who controls it.
—John Hillen, National Review, 17 Apr. 2025
Of course, few movies arrive onscreen with as much cultural Sturm und Drang as director Marc Webb’s megabudget contemporization of 1937’s epochal Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs.
—Chris Lee, Vulture, 14 Mar. 2025
Four years after all the Sturm und Drang that followed Donald Trump's 2020 electoral loss to Joe Biden, the maestro of Mar-a-Lago is set to be inaugurated once more on Monday as president of the United States.
—Yaakov Katz, Newsweek, 17 Jan. 2025
Still, after all the Sturm und Drang surrounding Starbucks in the last few years, the best favor a CEO could do for the company and its troops is to be clear and articulate the way forward.
—Phil Wahba, Fortune, 31 Oct. 2024
The effect is meditative and moving, an urgent quietude not always found in the Sturm und Drang that attends both our contemporary poetry and our politics.
—Tomas Tranströmer, The New Yorker, 7 Oct. 2024
Kate has long been a reliable pillar of the British family, showing up and smiling at every public event at which she was asked to appear, reacting to the Sturm und Drang of royal drama with an air of determined normalcy.
—Constance Grady, Vox, 6 June 2024
Benjamin Wallace-Wells, New Yorker, 5 Oct. 2025
At the heart of the book is the recognition that almost all of the Sturm und Drang of the most destructive century in history has revolved around one place -- the Eurasian landmass -- and one issue: who controls it.
—John Hillen, National Review, 17 Apr. 2025
Of course, few movies arrive onscreen with as much cultural Sturm und Drang as director Marc Webb’s megabudget contemporization of 1937’s epochal Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs.
—Chris Lee, Vulture, 14 Mar. 2025
Four years after all the Sturm und Drang that followed Donald Trump's 2020 electoral loss to Joe Biden, the maestro of Mar-a-Lago is set to be inaugurated once more on Monday as president of the United States.
—Yaakov Katz, Newsweek, 17 Jan. 2025
Still, after all the Sturm und Drang surrounding Starbucks in the last few years, the best favor a CEO could do for the company and its troops is to be clear and articulate the way forward.
—Phil Wahba, Fortune, 31 Oct. 2024
The effect is meditative and moving, an urgent quietude not always found in the Sturm und Drang that attends both our contemporary poetry and our politics.
—Tomas Tranströmer, The New Yorker, 7 Oct. 2024
Kate has long been a reliable pillar of the British family, showing up and smiling at every public event at which she was asked to appear, reacting to the Sturm und Drang of royal drama with an air of determined normalcy.
—Constance Grady, Vox, 6 June 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for Sturm und Drang
turmoil
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The Treasury secretary announced a lifeline Thursday that’s designed to pull the country’s financial markets out of deepening turmoil, and a close political ally out of a hole.—
Jason Ma,
Fortune,
12 Oct. 2025
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The coins reflect a time of turmoil Archaeologists have confirmed that the coins mainly date to the 12th century.—
Maria Mocerino,
Interesting Engineering,
12 Oct. 2025
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