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adjective

tempestuous

characterized by violent emotions or behavior

In a sentence

Six example sentences with tempestuous, each labelled with its topic.

  • Their tempestuous partnership produced four albums and three public breakups, each documented in interviews the label wished away.

    Music

  • The director wanted a tempestuous scene, so he let the actors argue unscripted until the take finally collapsed.

    Movies

  • Turner's tempestuous seas look less like water than like weather that has taken over the canvas entirely.

    Art

  • The novel's tempestuous heroine storms out of three dinners and one wedding before the second chapter ends.

    Literature

  • The tempestuous session ended with two members shouting across the aisle and the speaker banging a broken gavel.

    Politics

  • The tempestuous coach threw his clipboard, argued with a referee, and then hugged every player after the win.

    Basketball

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