How to Use tumultuous in a Sentence

tumultuous

adjective
  • The room filled with tumultuous applause.
  • The returning astronauts were given a tumultuous welcome.
  • Since then, sewing has seen me through five tumultuous years.
    — Literary Hub, 22 Oct. 2025
  • This year has been tumultuous and fast-paced, to say the least.
    — Kelly Lawler, USA TODAY, 2 June 2020
  • Her life has been tumultuous since then.
    — Paul Rogers, Mercury News, 2 June 2026
  • The world is a tumultuous place.
    — Veronique Greenwood, Time, 24 Feb. 2026
  • The move brings an end to a brief but tumultuous tenure.
    — Eric Tucker, Los Angeles Times, 21 Jan. 2026
  • The arts will be tumultuous, and there are a lot of unknowns right now.
    — San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 Mar. 2021
  • Young stars can be much more tumultuous than older stars.
    — Keith Cooper, Space.com, 30 Oct. 2025
  • Snoopy can’t help but feel overwhelmed in a tumultuous world.
    — Elise Hannum, The Atlantic, 26 Oct. 2023
  • After the best start to the year in more than a decade, oil has had a tumultuous month.
    — Sharon Cho and Angelina Rascouet, Houston Chronicle, 28 Feb. 2018
  • The tower’s past few years have been tumultuous.
    — Thomas Gounley, Denver Post, 25 May 2026
  • But that does not tell the whole story of a tumultuous week for Merz.
    — Sebastian Shukla, CNN, 3 Feb. 2025
  • The deals would be a sign of strength in a tumultuous time for retailers.
    — Roland Li, SFChronicle.com, 9 July 2018
  • But for Lee himself, the past year has been tough and tumultuous.
    — Washington Post, 30 June 2018
  • My local bank helped me through the most tumultuous chapter of my life.
    — Donna Vickroy, Chicago Tribune, 23 Jan. 2026
  • The tragedy came on the heels of an extremely tumultuous month for the singer.
    — Nicole Briese, PEOPLE, 8 Apr. 2026
  • And the past few years have been tumultuous for some companies.
    — Sheryl Estrada, Fortune, 29 Sep. 2022
  • Here’s the first of a two-night finale for this tumultuous season.
    — oregonlive.com, 28 July 2019
  • It's been a tumultuous last few years for Michigan.
    — Matt Finkel, CBS News, 28 Dec. 2025
  • The runoff marked an end to a tumultuous campaign season.
    — Silas Morgan, The Orlando Sentinel, 14 Apr. 2026
  • His two-year stint in Denver was tumultuous.
    — Chantz Martin, FOXNews.com, 29 Oct. 2025
  • His views were partly shaped by a tumultuous childhood.
    — Andrew Jeong, Washington Post, 7 Jan. 2026
  • The scandal comes at the end of a tumultuous year for West Point.
    — New York Times, 23 Dec. 2020
  • The days that followed were tumultuous, painful, numbing, and sad.
    — Dixie Lincoln-Nichols, SELF, 21 Nov. 2018
  • Putting the Axe back up for grabs would be a nice ending to a tumultuous season.
    — Star Tribune, 5 Dec. 2020
  • The years leading up to the Olympics have been tumultuous for Lee.
    — Rachel Axon, USA TODAY, 28 June 2021
  • The last five years have been tumultuous for the Nobel Prize.
    — Alex Shephard, The New Republic, 6 Oct. 2020
  • But Sutton found his voice at Louisville in a tumultuous time.
    — Lucas Aulbach, The Courier-Journal, 13 Apr. 2020
  • The health services firm could be a good bet for investors during tumultuous times.
    — Liz Napolitano, CNBC, 20 Jan. 2026

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