How do you use Tempestuous in a sentence? See 10+ example sentences showing how this word appears in different contexts, including synonyms like stormy or angry, plus the exact meaning.
Tempestuous in a sentence
Tempestuous meaning
- Of, pertaining to, or resembling, a tempest; also, of a place: frequently experiencing tempests; (very) stormy.
- Characterized by disorderly, frenetic, or violent activity; stormy, tumultuous, turbulent; also, of a person, their behaviour or nature, etc.: characterized by bouts of bad temper or sudden changes of mood; impetuous, stormy, temperamental.
Using Tempestuous
- The main meaning on this page is: Of, pertaining to, or resembling, a tempest; also, of a place: frequently experiencing tempests; (very) stormy. | Characterized by disorderly, frenetic, or violent activity; stormy, tumultuous, turbulent; also, of a person, their behaviour or nature, etc.: characterized by bouts of bad temper or sudden changes of mood; impetuous, stormy, temperamental.
- Useful related words include: stormy, unpeaceful, angry, furious.
- In the example corpus, tempestuous often appears in combinations such as: with tempestuous, was tempestuous, the tempestuous.
Context around Tempestuous
- Average sentence length in these examples: 27.5 words
- Position in the sentence: 4 start, 10 middle, 6 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Tempestuous
- In this selection, "tempestuous" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 27.5 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, famously, seemingly, times, relationship, marriage and weather stand out and add context to how "tempestuous" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a famously tempestuous relationship and and about a tempestuous marriage marked. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "tempestuous" sits close to words such as abaribe, abbasids and abstentions, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with tempestuous
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Westbrook, known for his tempestuous demeanor, had a different account. (10 words)
Sai Paranjpye’s Saaz (1998) was widely rumoured to be based on the sisters’ troubled relationship and tempestuous rivalry. (19 words)
Noel and Liam Gallagher had a famously tempestuous relationship, and the group split in 2009 following an argument between the pair. (21 words)
Clara was accompanied by her oldest daughter Marie, who wrote from Manchester to her friend Rosalie Leser that in Edinburgh Clara "was received with tempestuous applause and had to give an encore, so had Joachim. (35 words)
Curtiss, p. 364 Galli-Marié, a demanding and at times tempestuous performer, would prove a staunch ally of Bizet, often supporting his resistance to demands from the management that the work should be toned down. (35 words)
The son of musicians with a tempestuous marriage, Townshend in his early years was shuffled around among relatives, friends and neighbors while his parents came and went, carrying on relationships outside of their marriage. (34 words)
Example sentences (20)
But that height comes with tempestuous weather, which can often obscure the view and offers little in the way of shelter and food for the kind of big-ticket animals viewers crave.
Noel and Liam Gallagher had a famously tempestuous relationship, and the group split in 2009 following an argument between the pair.
After a string of poor results and a group stage exit from the Copa América during which the US somehow looked both tempestuous and torpid, this was positive.
He also has a tempestuous but strong relationship with Jackson Lamb, as well as an important platonic friendship with Louisa Guy.
Tabitha Buck, defending, said it was a "tempestuous relationship" and Blyth, who is pregnant and already has a child, is remorseful towards her ex boyfriend.
Amidst her tempestuous personal relationships, a reluctant friendship with Frances emerges, and Bridget contends with the inevitable joys and shit-shows of becoming a part of someone else’s family.
As Opposition MLAs insisted on a fresh resolution, the tempestuous leader launched into a harangue, defending her stance and declaring she will not attend the meeting called by Gandhi.
The three-week trial in July heard evidence from Depp and his former wife Amber Heard about a tempestuous marriage marked by violence on both sides and of heavy drinking by Depp.
Westbrook, known for his tempestuous demeanor, had a different account.
Her teacher at the Athens Conservatoire, the famed Elvira de Hidalgo, said that her voice was, “tempestuous, extravagant… full of drama and emotion”.
In other words, the Abij-Megersa – ship has particular socio-cultural (Amhara-Oromo) portion of the Oromo nation on board, which is being swayed side ways by those affiliations in an tempestuous sea.
Sai Paranjpye’s Saaz (1998) was widely rumoured to be based on the sisters’ troubled relationship and tempestuous rivalry.
The son of musicians with a tempestuous marriage, Townshend in his early years was shuffled around among relatives, friends and neighbors while his parents came and went, carrying on relationships outside of their marriage.
As CNN media reporter Brian Stelter has pointed out, there will likely be questions about the credibility of Manigault-Newman’s claims given her seemingly tempestuous history with the White House.
Tennis' original super-brat, McEnroe put his hand up to mentor Kyrgios two years ago, an offer that prompted a "he's dreaming" response from the tempestuous Australian.
While Smith would remain the band’s constant central focus for more than 40 years, he was known for his tempestuous relationship with his bandmates, and frequently fired them.
An intimate friendship sprang up between Wilde and Douglas and by 1893 Wilde was infatuated with Douglas and they consorted together regularly in a tempestuous affair.
Clara was accompanied by her oldest daughter Marie, who wrote from Manchester to her friend Rosalie Leser that in Edinburgh Clara "was received with tempestuous applause and had to give an encore, so had Joachim.
Curtiss, p. 364 Galli-Marié, a demanding and at times tempestuous performer, would prove a staunch ally of Bizet, often supporting his resistance to demands from the management that the work should be toned down.
Economists set themselves too easy, too useless a task if in tempestuous seasons they can only tell us that when the storm is past the ocean is flat again.
Common combinations with tempestuous
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: