tempest-tossed
Syllables: tem·pest·tossed
tempest-tossed adjective: battered by a storm or storms.
Adjective
tempest-tossed (comparative more tempest-tossed, superlative most tempest-tossed)
- Battered by a storm or storms.
- When the dark storm and the howling blast sweep with their wintry pinions over its troubled bosom, I shall think of the rocking ship and the tempest-tossed sailor, whose home is on the faithless sea.1842, George French Angas, A Ramble in Malta and Sicily, in the Autumn of 1841, Cambridge University Press, published 2013, →ISBN, page 168
- Like a battle-scarred, tempest-tossed warship, with her sails in tatters, her masts broken, and bilges awash, T. Mellon & Sons was, incredibly, still afloat.2011, James Mellon, The Judge: A Life of Thomas Mellon, Founder of Fortune, Yale University Press, published 2011, →ISBN
- Beset by adversity or fraught with dissension.
- Divorced from Allan Wayne after a tempest-tossed marriage notable for locking each other out and scares over alleged kidnapings^([sic]) of their daughter, she married Arnold Grant in 1962.1963, Cleveland Amory, Earl Blackwell, Celebrity Register: An Irreverent Compendium of American Quotable Notables, Harper & Row, published 1963, page 454
- There is little calm in their marriage, and it is almost always tempest-tossed.1999, Shmuley Boteach, Kosher Sex: A Recipe for Passion and Intimacy, Broadway, published 1999, →ISBN, page 75
Examples of tempest-tossed in a sentence
- Shipwrecks on tempest-tossed seas are featured in a number of other ballets and operas.2011, Encyclopedia of Climate and Weather, Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 404:
- And now, when any tempest-tossed soul fails to see that God is enough, I feel like saying, not with scorn, but with infinite pity, “Ah, dear friend, you do not know God!2011, Hannah Whitall Smith, God of All Comfort, Anamchara Books, published 2011, →ISBN, page 282:
Forms of tempest-tossed
| comparative | more tempest-tossed |
|---|---|
| superlative | most tempest-tossed |
Questions about tempest-tossed
- What does tempest-tossed mean?
- Tempest-tossed means battered by a storm or storms.
- How do you use tempest-tossed in a sentence?
- Shipwrecks on tempest-tossed seas are featured in a number of other ballets and operas.
- What part of speech is tempest-tossed?
- Tempest-tossed is an adjective.
Words near tempest-tossed in the dictionary
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