How do you use Tumult in a sentence? See 10+ example sentences showing how this word appears in different contexts, including synonyms like disturbance or commotion, plus the exact meaning.
Tumult meaning
- Confused, agitated noise as made by a crowd.
- Violent commotion or agitation, often with confusion of sounds.
- A riot or uprising.
Synonyms of Tumult
Using Tumult
- The main meaning on this page is: Confused, agitated noise as made by a crowd. | Violent commotion or agitation, often with confusion of sounds. | A riot or uprising.
- Useful related words include: disturbance, commotion, agitation, turmoil.
- In the example corpus, tumult often appears in combinations such as: the tumult, tumult of, tumult and.
Context around Tumult
- Average sentence length in these examples: 24.3 words
- Position in the sentence: 8 start, 9 middle, 3 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Tumult
- In this selection, "tumult" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 24.3 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, political, long, economic and lip stand out and add context to how "tumult" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include about the tumult at dragonstone and all the tumult that previously. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "tumult" sits close to words such as abacus, abner and acorns, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with tumult
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Throughout the tumult, their commitment to philanthropic endeavors has remained constant. (11 words)
Amid this tumult, lip gloss was a language we spoke to one another. (13 words)
One of the reasons for the tumult has been the changes made to Policy 713. (15 words)
He talked about being “emotionally cheated on” by every girlfriend he’s ever had (and physically cheated on by his first), as well as the tumult of his long-term relationship with castmate Lili Reinhart, which ended in 2020. (39 words)
As Meryman reports, wartime and postwar Hollywood also became home to a new generation of executives and producers, for whom Mankiewicz’s Round Table roots and journalistic tumult were more a matter of quaint nostalgia than of unquestioned admiration. (39 words)
Norman Siegel, a civil rights attorney who attended New York University School of Law with Giuliani in the late 1960s, says the tumult of that decade was transformative for many, but not for Giuliani. (34 words)
Example sentences (20)
Amid this tumult, lip gloss was a language we spoke to one another.
And much of the tumult, not surprisingly, surrounds who is standing behind the game show’s iconic lectern.
Despite the tumult of the past three years created by the pandemic and the shaky economy, Ritman is optimistic that the Greenwich office market will be able to maintain its vibrancy into 2023.
He talked about being “emotionally cheated on” by every girlfriend he’s ever had (and physically cheated on by his first), as well as the tumult of his long-term relationship with castmate Lili Reinhart, which ended in 2020.
Investors say the tumult has contributed to market turbulence and Biden has urged Republicans to sort out their problems.
None of this may stave off a recession; anything may happen in a year and a half, a lesson brought home only too painfully by the tumult of 2020-2022.
Norman Siegel, a civil rights attorney who attended New York University School of Law with Giuliani in the late 1960s, says the tumult of that decade was transformative for many, but not for Giuliani.
Reverberations from the political tumult in Israel continue to rumble across the Diaspora, including here in British Columbia.
Six years ago, when I first considered parenthood and thought about the ramifications of starting a family of my own, I realized I had to reckon with the tumult of my family’s past.
The absence of such a compact explains the country's decades-long tumult, which has now arrived at its very centre.
Through all the tumult that previously included frequent utility outages, she said she tries to stay in the moment.
Today, under Sunak, they are trying to rebuild after political and economic tumult under Boris Johnson and Liz Truss.
In bed, presumably after making love, Rhaenys lay on Corlys’ chest as they spoke about the tumult at Dragonstone following Rhaenyra and Daemon’s argument.
One of the reasons for the tumult has been the changes made to Policy 713.
The regime began to crumble and the collapse of Albania’s communist rule in 1991 was followed by years of violent tumult as the country transitioned to a free-market economy.
Throughout the tumult, their commitment to philanthropic endeavors has remained constant.
While officials attempt to GW past the tumult of last semester, the disciplinary actions they take are only leading to more demonstrations.
An irony: News does not usually constitute a major part of Facebook's volume — except at times of great crisis and tumult, like the current moment.
Apparently oblivious to the tumult it has caused, the cow continues chowing down on its loot as the video ends.
As Meryman reports, wartime and postwar Hollywood also became home to a new generation of executives and producers, for whom Mankiewicz’s Round Table roots and journalistic tumult were more a matter of quaint nostalgia than of unquestioned admiration.
Common combinations with tumult
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- the tumult 25×
- tumult of 15×
- tumult and 4×
- of tumult 4×
- this tumult 3×
- tumult at 3×
- political tumult 2×
- tumult has 2×
- tumult that 2×
- and tumult 2×