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
  • It will be named a tropical storm when its winds reach 39 mph.
    — Kimberly Miller, USA TODAY, 20 Aug. 2020
  • 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
  • Meanwhile, the cast dealt with the effects of a tropical storm.
    — Mike Rose, cleveland, 28 Sep. 2021
  • In that time, tropical storms came and went—but each time the water never came up more than knee-high.
    — Andrew Lawrence, Popular Mechanics, 6 June 2023
  • And don’t let the eye of the hurricane or tropical storm deceive you.
    — Michelle Marchante, Miami Herald, 30 May 2024
  • And don’t let the eye of the hurricane or tropical storm deceive you.
    — Michelle Marchante updated May 27, Miami Herald, 27 May 2026
  • If this system becomes a tropical storm, its name will be Alex.
    — Emily Shapiro, ABC News, 1 June 2022
  • 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 tends to cool and condense the moisture in the tropical storm front, which then leads to rainfall.
    — Nathan Solis, Los Angeles Times, 4 Jan. 2023
  • There’s a new tropical storm and it’s already made landfall in Texas.
    — Leigh Morgan, al, 22 Aug. 2023
  • This dry and dusty air can choke out developing tropical storms.
    — Doyle Rice, USA Today, 6 June 2026
  • These massive storms can be both round or linear in shape and be in systems like squall lines and tropical storms.
    — Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 31 July 2025
  • 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
  • The western and southern portions are prone to tropical storms.
    — William P. Barrett, Forbes.com, 19 July 2025
  • When news of the approaching tropical storm arrived, many gathered at a church to wait it out.
    — Mark Saludes, The Christian Science Monitor, 1 Dec. 2022
  • Anyone who lives along the coast knows the sheer power of hurricanes and tropical storms.
    — Alora Bopray, USA Today, 23 June 2026
  • Elsa is the fifth tropical storm of the season in the Atlantic.
    — Diane Pantaleo, USA TODAY, 2 July 2021
  • 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
  • If the system indeed becomes a tropical storm, it will be called Alvin.
    — Rebecca Morin, USA Today, 29 May 2025
  • The storm is large, with winds of tropical storm force extending out 460 miles.
    — Josh Feldman, NBC News, 20 June 2024
  • Ivey cautioned that tropical storm systems can change hour-by-hour and urged people to stay on top of the latest.
    — Mike Cason | [email protected], al, 15 Sep. 2020
  • 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
  • Helene reached the area as a tropical storm six days ago, drenching the already sodden area with more than a foot of rain.
    — John Bacon, USA TODAY, 4 Oct. 2024
  • Tuesday morning, Otis was a tropical storm with top winds of 70 mph.
    — Kelsey Ables, Washington Post, 25 Oct. 2023

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