tempest-tossed

or tem·pest-tost

[ tem-pist-tawst, -tost ]

adjective
  1. buffeted about, as by adversities.

Origin of tempest-tossed

1
First recorded in 1585–95

Words Nearby tempest-tossed

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How to use tempest-tossed in a sentence

  • The Republic had proved an utter failure, and France was but a tempest-tossed ocean of anarchy.

  • All along our coast the Government has built massive and strong light-houses to guide and warn the tempest-tossed mariner.

    Gathering Jewels | James Knowles and Matilda Darroch Knowles
  • But they are not daunted—every one of the men has stood on the main truck of a tempest-tossed ship.

    The Land of Fire | Mayne Reid
  • tempest-tossed mariners would invoke her intercession, when she would appear to them and the storm would subside.

  • After that, they drifted into talk of the future, rather than driving stormily into the teeth of it, like tempest-tossed leaves.

    Vision House | C. N. Williamson