How to Use tumultuous in a Sentence

tumultuous

adjective
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  • The room filled with tumultuous applause.
  • The returning astronauts were given a tumultuous welcome.
  • The past few years have been tumultuous to say the least.
    — Okla Jones, Essence, 9 June 2022
  • After the best start to the year in more than a decade, oil has had a tumultuous month.
    — Sharon Cho and Angelina Rascouet, Houston Chronicle, 28 Feb. 2018
  • This year has been tumultuous and fast-paced, to say the least.
    — Kelly Lawler, USA TODAY, 2 June 2020
  • The deals would be a sign of strength in a tumultuous time for retailers.
    — Roland Li, SFChronicle.com, 9 July 2018
  • The arts will be tumultuous, and there are a lot of unknowns right now.
    — San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 Mar. 2021
  • Oh and there’s a tumultuous election in just a few days.
    — NBC News, 27 Oct. 2020
  • The past two decades of Reade’s life have been tumultuous.
    — Anchorage Daily News, 22 May 2020
  • The coaching change was the start of Gant's tumultuous time for the Tigers.
    — Tyler Kraft, Indianapolis Star, 4 July 2019
  • The scandal comes at the end of a tumultuous year for West Point.
    — New York Times, 23 Dec. 2020
  • The years leading up to the Olympics have been tumultuous for Lee.
    — Rachel Axon, USA TODAY, 28 June 2021
  • The decade is regarded as a tumultuous time for the monarchy.
    — Shannon Carlin, refinery29.com, 16 Nov. 2020
  • Reece also saw the school through some tumultuous times.
    — Meredith Cohn, baltimoresun.com, 26 Mar. 2021
  • The decision comes at a tumultuous time for the country.
    — Fox News, 22 Nov. 2019
  • The work to keep the government open served as the backdrop to a tumultuous day for Democrats.
    — Laura Blasey, Los Angeles Times, 1 Oct. 2021
  • Rachel and Kelly peel off first to discuss the tumultuous events of the past few days.
    — Kristen Baldwin, EW.com, 15 Mar. 2022
  • The teams walked onto the field to tumultuous applause.
    — J. K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, 1999
  • The lawsuit comes against the backdrop of tumultuous state guidance on masks in schools.
    — Danielle Echeverria, San Francisco Chronicle, 15 July 2021
  • And the past few years have been tumultuous for some companies.
    — Sheryl Estrada, Fortune, 29 Sep. 2022
  • The city and team have had a long and tumultuous relationship.
    — Renata Cló, The Arizona Republic, 8 Jan. 2022
  • The last five years have been tumultuous for the Nobel Prize.
    — Alex Shephard, The New Republic, 6 Oct. 2020
  • But much of the road was built on fragile ground in one of the most seismically tumultuous places in the world.
    — Laura Mallonee, WIRED, 25 May 2017
  • But for Lee himself, the past year has been tough and tumultuous.
    — Washington Post, 30 June 2018
  • Putting the Axe back up for grabs would be a nice ending to a tumultuous season.
    — Star Tribune, 5 Dec. 2020
  • Here’s the first of a two-night finale for this tumultuous season.
    — oregonlive.com, 28 July 2019
  • The previous two years had been tumultuous for the young nation.
    — Jamelle Bouie New York Times, Star Tribune, 3 Oct. 2020
  • Snoopy can’t help but feel overwhelmed in a tumultuous world.
    — Elise Hannum, The Atlantic, 26 Oct. 2023
  • One team that will have bested the rest in this tumultuous and unruly season.
    — Washington Post, 7 Oct. 2020
  • On the field, the Freedom won less than a third of their games in their tumultuous first two seasons.
    — James Weber, Cincinnati.com, 17 Jan. 2018

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