How to Use tumult in a Sentence

tumult

noun
  • We had to shout to be heard over the tumult.
  • The country was in tumult.
  • Her mind was in a tumult of emotions.
  • Others have lost touch with friends in the tumult of the past few years.
    — Sarah Todd, Quartz, 22 Apr. 2022
  • Not all of the tumult that occurred over the past year was his fault, to be sure.
    — Oliver Darcy, CNN, 8 June 2023
  • Don’t expect the tumult to end with the close of the quarter.
    — San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 Sep. 2019
  • Democrats are aiming to avoid a repeat of last year’s tumult.
    — Steve Peoples, Chicago Tribune, 24 Feb. 2026
  • That era, with its tumult and its activism, was a fruitful time.
    — Los Angeles Times, 6 Sep. 2019
  • There’s a churning sense of tumult and a string of strong action scenes.
    — Tom Gliatto, Peoplemag, 10 May 2024
  • No one knows where the tumult of our time will lead; no doubt more surprises await.
    — William Inboden, CNN, 8 Oct. 2022
  • But the moon, lacking such tumult, has preserved them.
    — Robin George Andrews, Scientific American, 7 Apr. 2026
  • The tumult over the funding bill has raised the stakes further for the party.
    — Al Weaver, The Hill, 30 Mar. 2025
  • And buying the small items required to rebuild amid such tumult is a drag.
    — Devika Rao, TheWeek, 27 Apr. 2026
  • Let all the tumult within me cease, Lord, enfold me in your peace.
    — Elizabeth Berry, Woman's Day, 12 Oct. 2022
  • And despite the tumult off the field, Michigan would like to keep him around.
    — Ralph D. Russo, USA TODAY, 7 Jan. 2024
  • But after the tumult of the past eight years, Trump fever appears to have cooled.
    — Simone McCarthy, CNN, 31 Oct. 2024
  • That tumult, of course, has arguably doubled.
    — R. Daniel Foster, Forbes.com, 22 Aug. 2025
  • And the novel carries on from there, a tumult of dread and horror, right through to the end.
    — The Week Staff, The Week, 29 Aug. 2022
  • Amid this tumult, Diwan’s founders feared what the future would bring.
    — Washington Post, 14 Nov. 2021
  • The tumult of the war didn’t change that investment rating.
    — Davis Giangiulio, CNBC, 21 Apr. 2026
  • This kind of tumult is now standard fare at HHS.
    — Dan Vergano, Scientific American, 13 Feb. 2026
  • But two years of tumult and change in the region may have opened new paths to peace, some analysts say.
    — Susan Page, USA Today, 5 Oct. 2025
  • The word implies a mayhem so extreme that there is no logic to be found in the tumult.
    — Megan Garber, The Atlantic, 2 June 2020
  • Since April 2, investors have been in open revolt over the tumult.
    — Philip Elliott, Time, 12 May 2025
  • This year has been one of tumult for the Boston Bruins.
    — Steve Conroy, Boston Herald, 25 Dec. 2025
  • For such a tranquil place, Samuell Farm has seen its share of tumult over the last two decades.
    — Robert Wilonsky, Dallas News, 22 Jan. 2020
  • Each uses the sound of the city to orient and steady himself, finding peace in its tumult.
    — Amanda Petrusich, The New Yorker, 9 Dec. 2019
  • There has been a silver lining amidst the tumult—shows are still really good.
    — Okla Jones, Essence, 1 Jan. 2026
  • The tumult has roped in some of the biggest acts in K-pop, and could spill over well beyond that genre.
    — Los Angeles Times, 22 Feb. 2023
  • America has mostly been spared from the tumult.
    — Ben Casselman Qilai Shen Lisa Lerer William J. Burns, New York Times, 29 Apr. 2026

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