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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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