Word Finder - storm

definition

Any disturbed state of the atmosphere, especially as affecting the earth's surface, and strongly implying destructive or unpleasant weather.

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A violent agitation of human society; a civil, political, or domestic commotion; violent outbreak.

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The proposed reforms have led to a political storm.

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A wind scale for very strong wind, stronger than a gale, less than a hurricane (10 or higher on the Beaufort scale).

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A violent assault on a stronghold or fortified position.

The storm continued most of the night.

Suddenly a storm came up.

The still air became more charged the closer they got to the center of the storm, the sky darker.

A blowing snow storm delayed our flight north.

The storm moved over them as they ate, rumbling and flashing angrily.

As soon as the sun appeared in a clear strip of sky beneath the clouds, the wind fell, as if it dared not spoil the beauty of the summer morning after the storm; drops still continued to fall, but vertically now, and all was still.

The storm passed quickly, but the night remained warm.

He'd probably storm out and leave her.

Don't know the size of the storm about to hit you, do you.

I was just ... well, the storm was so violent, and it was so cold.

That storm is monstrous!

In an hour or so the storm would abate and they could leave.

I think she's ready to foal and it looks like a storm is brewing out there.

Cody, sprawled in the middle of the street after being hit by a car, blood trickling from his skull into a nearby storm drain.

Something blocked the storm and sun sources she'd felt, but the others flowed to her freely.

So call him back when the storm is over.

The woodman sang of the wild forest; the plowman sang of the fields; the shepherd sang of his sheep; and those who listened forgot about the storm and the cold weather.

A dust storm was probably brewing.

This isn't the first dust storm you've been through, is it?

Donning a heavy coat and some rubber boots that she found in the entry closet, she battled the storm to the shed.

I could see another storm cloud looming on the horizon.

Water streamed through the gutters, and those cars out in the storm crawled block-to-block.

No one else would attempt to catch rays with the clouded sky and massive storm clouds in the distance!

The storm is swallowing up the levies, and we sent folks north.

The tumultuous storm was beginning to lose some of its fury.

No other vehicles were encountered—the storm apparently frightened away the more faint-at-heart tourists.

The world outside her was calm, but the storm within her brewed.

He had braved the storm last night to get her.

They failed, however, in both attempts; and in the latter, owing to the darkness, and to the occurrence of a violent storm which suddenly swelled the torrents in the ravines, their force was thrown into inextricable confusion, and they were compelled to abandon their camp and make the best of their escape from the country.

Through some perfect storm of wars, downturns, and disasters, the once-sunny outlook turned dark.

These small waves raised by the evening wind are as remote from storm as the smooth reflecting surface.

Such a storm of feelings, thoughts, and memories suddenly arose within him that he could not fall asleep, nor even remain in one place, but had to jump up and pace the room with rapid steps.

The storm was long since over and there was bright, joyous sunshine on Natasha's face as she gazed tenderly at her husband and child.

She sighed and opened the door, leaving the storm door locked.

Hopefully it would offer some kind of shelter from the threatening storm.

It's hard to tell exactly what happened, because the storm covered any tracks.

Of course he knows, and as soon as I told him there was a storm, he would have insisted on calling me back.

On the twelfth of July, on the eve of that action, there was a heavy storm of rain and hail.

We're running into a little turbulence from the storm.

The storm kicked up dust behind them, but they managed to beat it to the corral.

The storm beating against the windows had shut down the power; the hall was lit by candles and makeshift torches.

As the days wore on, the drifts gradually shrunk, but before they were wholly gone another storm came, so that I scarcely felt the earth under my feet once all winter.

His hearers expected a story of how beside himself and all aflame with excitement, he had flown like a storm at the square, cut his way in, slashed right and left, how his saber had tasted flesh and he had fallen exhausted, and so on.

He understood that for him the storm had blown over, and that Kutuzov would content himself with that hint.

He grabbed the storm door and jerked on it.

Surely the storm must have moved on.

She turned to go back to the house and realized she wouldn't be able to make it before the storm caught up with her.

The compound was the eye of a storm.

We're in the middle of an electrical storm.

He expected the sight of her to stir the storm within him.