How to Use tropical storm in a Sentence

tropical storm

noun
  • What will the next tropical storms be named?
    — Jeanine Santucci, USA Today, 24 Sep. 2025
  • The next tropical storm would be named Karen.
    — Alex Harris, Miami Herald, 9 Oct. 2025
  • So far a total of six tropical storms have formed.
    — Meghan Bartels, Scientific American, 10 Sep. 2025
  • Hours shown may also include up to three hours as a tropical storm.
    — Denise Chow, NBC news, 29 Oct. 2025
  • Hours shown may also include up to three hours as a tropical storm.
    — Evan Bush, NBC news, 23 Nov. 2025
  • And don’t let the eye of the hurricane or tropical storm deceive you.
    — Michelle Marchante updated May 27, Miami Herald, 27 May 2026
  • Any tropical storm must begin as a seed storm, and seeds storms are still forming at their usual rate.
    — Meghan Bartels, Scientific American, 10 Sep. 2025
  • This dry and dusty air can choke out developing tropical storms.
    — Doyle Rice, USA Today, 6 June 2026
  • The fall and winter offer the best swells of the year, turbocharged by nor’easters and tropical storms.
    — Literary Hub, 4 Nov. 2025
  • Wind could gust as strong as 65 mph, which is equivalent to the strength of a tropical storm.
    — Anna Skinner, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 Oct. 2025
  • Anyone who lives along the coast knows the sheer power of hurricanes and tropical storms.
    — Alora Bopray, USA Today, 23 June 2026
  • These wind gusts are as strong as what a tropical storm produces, despite this system not being one.
    — Mary Gilbert, CNN Money, 11 Oct. 2025
  • The hot weather retreated and a series of tropical storms drenched the area.
    — Hayleigh Evans, AZCentral.com, 5 Nov. 2025
  • As of Friday, there are no tropical storms or hurricanes in place.
    — Anna Skinner, MSNBC Newsweek, 12 Sep. 2025
  • Will your state be impacted by a tropical storm or hurricane?
    — Doyle Rice, USA Today, 9 Apr. 2026
  • It was accompanied by 60 mph wind gusts, which is the strength of a tropical storm, and hail.
    — Anna Skinner, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 Sep. 2025
  • Surf zone hazards from tropical storms can include large waves and strong rip currents, which swimmers might not be able to see from shore.
    — Jeanine Santucci, USA Today, 10 Sep. 2025
  • The map shows the tropical storm traveling northwest.
    — Anna Skinner, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 Oct. 2025
  • These wind gusts are as strong as what a tropical storm produces, despite this storm not being classified as one.
    — Dakin Andone, CNN Money, 12 Oct. 2025
  • Slow-moving tropical storms can bring far more rain than many hurricanes and cause major flooding.
    — Dinah Voyles Pulver, USA Today, 12 May 2026
  • Slow-moving tropical storms can bring far more rain than many hurricanes and cause major flooding.
    — Dinah Voyles Pulver, USA Today, 30 May 2026
  • It was previously forecasted as a tropical storm but has since gained strength.
    — Miami Herald Hurricane Bot, Miami Herald, 2 Oct. 2025
  • The high wind warnings said some gusts could reach as high as 65 mph, which is equivalent to the strength of a tropical storm.
    — Anna Skinner, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 Oct. 2025
  • The storm hasn't met the conditions needed to be considered a tropical storm.
    — Anna Skinner, MSNBC Newsweek, 13 Oct. 2025
  • The storm hasn't met the conditions needed to be considered a tropical storm.
    — Anna Skinner, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Oct. 2025
  • Its tropical storm-force winds extended out 125 miles.
    — Jeanine Santucci, USA Today, 10 Sep. 2025
  • Gabrielle was previously forecasted as a tropical storm but has since gained strength.
    — Miami Herald Hurricane Bot, Miami Herald, 21 Sep. 2025
  • The public can be lulled into thinking impacts of a hurricane or tropical storm are along dots, lines, and cones seen on maps.
    — Marshall Shepherd, Forbes.com, 13 Sep. 2025
  • If the system becomes a tropical storm, the first name up in the rotation is Amanda.
    — Dinah Voyles Pulver, USA Today, 30 May 2026
  • Metro Phoenix has been battered by windy, rainy weather from a pair of tropical storms moving through the region over the past week.
    — Stephanie Murray, AZCentral.com, 16 Oct. 2025

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