TURBULENT in a Sentence
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24 example sentences for TURBULENT, such as:
1. Their voices had a dusky turbulence.
2. Tony Blair's entering a turbulent week.
3. The turbulence caused the plane to turn over.
4. But his heart was in a constant, turbulent riot.
5. There came a turbulent stream of men across the fields.
2. Tony Blair's entering a turbulent week.
3. The turbulence caused the plane to turn over.
4. But his heart was in a constant, turbulent riot.
5. There came a turbulent stream of men across the fields.
Search Quotes from Classic Book Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen |
Meanings and Examples of TURBULENT
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turbulent
a. characterized by unrest or disorder or insubordination
a. (of a liquid) agitated vigorously; in a state of turbulence
Classic Sentence: (19 in 2 pages)
1 The green eyes in the carefully sweet face were turbulent, willful, lusty with life, distinctly at variance with her decorous demeanor.
2 The turbulent voices, even Guy Pollock being connotative beside her, were nothing.
3 The Indians warily retraced their steps toward the place they had left, when the scout, placing his pole against a rock, by a powerful shove, sent his frail bark directly into the turbulent stream.
4 There came a turbulent stream of men across the fields.
5 It was now early spring, and the river was swollen and turbulent; great cakes of floating ice were swinging heavily to and fro in the turbid waters.
6 This person, a sailor, of turbulent character, and whom I suspected of Bonapartism, has been secretly to the Island of Elba.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
Context Highlight In Chapter 10. The King's Closet at the Tuileries.
Context Highlight In Chapter 10. The King's Closet at the Tuileries.
7 At last he made his way through the mob, which was continually increasing and getting more and more turbulent, and reached the hotel.
8 In a moment he restrained himself so powerfully that the tempestuous heaving of his breast subsided, as turbulent and foaming waves yield to the sun's genial influence when the cloud has passed.
9 I saw that turbulent emotions possessed her, so I asked what I thought would be some sedative questions about her little girl.
10 But his heart was in a constant, turbulent riot.
11 And she began to shove with a woman's turbulent energy of anger.
12 He had never once disobeyed or allowed turbulent companions to seduce him from his habit of quiet obedience; and, even when he doubted some statement of a master, he had never presumed to doubt openly.
13 In order to make one's way amid these turbulent and conflicting waves, it was necessary to be an officer, a great noble, or a pretty woman.
14 Nor let any one say, that mischief can arise from hence, as often as it shall please a busy head, or turbulent spirit, to desire the alteration of the government.
15 Their voices had a dusky turbulence.
Example Sentence:
1 Tony Blair's entering a turbulent week.
2 Not until this turbulent region can shuffle off the burdens of the past will it be able to settle peacefully into the community of nations.
3 The era was characterized by political and cultural turbulence.
4 The turbulence caused the plane to turn over.
5 They aim to protect assets rather than chase returns, so short-term turbulence has less of an effect.