How to Use stormy in a Sentence

stormy

adjective
  • The weather was cold and stormy.
  • Their relationship was very stormy.
  • The night was wet and stormy and the flat ground was flooded.
    — Mary Horlock, Longreads, 21 June 2018
  • This fresh and aquatic scent is made for the man who loves a crisp, stormy day.
    — Grooming Playbook, The Salt Lake Tribune, 7 Nov. 2022
  • The stormy magnetic state could last for the rest of the year.
    — Eric Lagatta, USA TODAY, 22 Mar. 2025
  • Cold and stormy, or perhaps sunny?
    — John Tufts, IndyStar, 11 Nov. 2025
  • Seward had a wet and stormy spring, which left the trail muddy and felled a few trees.
    — Author: Kat Sorensen, Anchorage Daily News, 3 July 2018
  • The film opens with the man reading old letters in a car by the sea on a stormy night.
    — Billboard Japan, Billboard, 10 Feb. 2018
  • April and May are the two stormiest months of the season.
    — Lauren Bostwick, CBS News, 29 Mar. 2026
  • My new possession is the rainbow at the end of a stormy day.
    — Danielle Parker, CBS News, 20 Jan. 2026
  • The guest bathrooms ride the wave, ranging from stormy to serene, and none play it safe.
    — Keith Flanagan, Architectural Digest, 2 Sep. 2025
  • The morning rain was just the start of a stormy day for Charlotte.
    — Mark Price, charlotteobserver, 23 Oct. 2017
  • For a viking like Pukki, those stormy seas were more like puddles.
    — SI.com, 19 Aug. 2019
  • The weather is going to be hot, humid and stormy over the next few days.
    — Emily Deletter, The Enquirer, 10 Aug. 2021
  • As a kitten, Garfield was dropped off in an alley on a stormy night.
    — Brian Truitt, USA TODAY, 23 May 2024
  • Will the stormy streak continue?
    — Arizona Republic, AZCentral.com, 26 Dec. 2025
  • Those plans were washed out by the stormy weather and field conditions.
    — and Staff Reports, Orlando Sentinel, 9 Sep. 2022
  • When the seas get stormy, embrace it with an equally moody bedding hue.
    — Julia Harrison, Architectural Digest, 9 Mar. 2026
  • But then, just in time for the start of March, stormy weather returns.
    — Jason Samenow, Washington Post, 26 Feb. 2018
  • Forecast in detail It’s been a stormy stretch and there may be more ahead.
    — Ian Livingston, Washington Post, 13 Jan. 2024
  • If 2020 ends on a stormy note, next year may have a blazing start.
    — Kevin Spear, orlandosentinel.com, 29 Sep. 2020
  • More stormy weather is likely overnight and temps will stay in the low 70s.
    — Cliff Pinckard, cleveland, 12 July 2021
  • One drawback to the scheme was that all those giant drains would drift unmoored through a stormy sea.
    — National Geographic, 13 Oct. 2017
  • Winter is the stormiest time of the year in the Bay Area.
    — Anthony Edwards, San Francisco Chronicle, 13 Jan. 2026
  • One thing to know is that Olivia says this bag doesn't do great in the rain, so don't bring it on stormy days.
    — goodhousekeeping.com, 21 Apr. 2023
  • One drawback became clear during a break in the rain over the stormy weekend.
    — Megan Barber, Curbed, 14 Aug. 2019
  • Sunday will likely be a wet and stormy day for much of the East Coast.
    — Mary Gilbert, CNN, 12 Mar. 2025
  • Their run was probably doomed to end that stormy night against Belgium.
    — Chris Jones, The Atlantic, 26 May 2026
  • There are waiters and napkins and chairs bolted to the floor in case of stormy weather.
    — Michelle Theriault Boots, Anchorage Daily News, 31 May 2016
  • The episode quickly becomes a noir mystery set against the backdrop of a stormy night.
    — Lillian Brown, Vulture, 17 May 2024

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