Examples of tumult in a Sentence
We had to shout to be heard over the tumult.
The country was in tumult.
Her mind was in a tumult of emotions.
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Escalating concern over stratospheric US debt levels drove last month’s credit rating downgrade from Moody’s, which helped spark another round of tumult in the world’s largest and most liquid bond market.
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Phil Mattingly, CNN Money, 4 June 2025
Arvind and Fashion for Good are holding onto the hope that despite the economic tumult caused by geopolitical strife and exacerbated by President Donald Trump’s whipsawing tariffs, brands remain committed to their climate targets despite the high investment costs and the less tangible payback.
—Jasmin Malik Chua, Sourcing Journal, 3 June 2025
Hughes profiles a range of government technocrats working in eras of tumult—including the Great Depression and the energy crisis of the nineteen-seventies—to support the notion that setting clear objectives and giving skilled, intelligent people resources and flexibility will bear fruit.
—The New Yorker, New Yorker, 2 June 2025
Because in the gutters — of which there are precious few in the Chomet — there would teem the magnificent tumults and silences that constitute and propel a life.
—Ritesh Mehta, IndieWire, 20 May 2025
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Phil Mattingly, CNN Money, 4 June 2025
Arvind and Fashion for Good are holding onto the hope that despite the economic tumult caused by geopolitical strife and exacerbated by President Donald Trump’s whipsawing tariffs, brands remain committed to their climate targets despite the high investment costs and the less tangible payback.
—Jasmin Malik Chua, Sourcing Journal, 3 June 2025
Hughes profiles a range of government technocrats working in eras of tumult—including the Great Depression and the energy crisis of the nineteen-seventies—to support the notion that setting clear objectives and giving skilled, intelligent people resources and flexibility will bear fruit.
—The New Yorker, New Yorker, 2 June 2025
Because in the gutters — of which there are precious few in the Chomet — there would teem the magnificent tumults and silences that constitute and propel a life.
—Ritesh Mehta, IndieWire, 20 May 2025
See All Example Sentences for tumult
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“Tumult.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tumult. Accessed 9 Jun. 2025.
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tumult
noun
tu·mult
ˈt(y)ü-ˌməlt 
1
: uproar
a great tumult arose in the stands
2
: great confusion of mind
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