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 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 But flooding — and not just from those tropical tempests — is a multibillion-dollar threat that is largely untracked by government agencies and often kept secret from the public. —

Miami Herald, 12 Nov. 2025 This week, Kenvue, the consumer health spin-off from Johnson & Johnson, found itself at the epicenter of a market tempest this week. —

Sheryl Estrada, Fortune, 9 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for tempest

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While parts of the state were hammered by Monday’s blizzard, snowfall totals in Boston were below the two feet that fell in late January’s massive storm.

— Gayla Cawley, Boston Herald, 24 Feb. 2026
If this week’s snow storm in the Northeast is any indication, winter isn’t over yet, so plan for plenty of layering over the weeks ahead.

— Kristina Rutkowski, Vogue, 24 Feb. 2026