storm centre
Britishnoun
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the centre of a cyclonic storm, etc, where pressure is lowest
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the centre of any disturbance or trouble
Example Sentences
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The barometer dropped to 28.94 in. as the storm centre passed nearby.
From Time Magazine Archive
Their cat-&-dog fight was joined by Dean Parkinson, Realtor-Trustee Albert Monroe Greenfield, perennial storm centre of Philadelphia business, banking and politics.
From Time Magazine Archive
In his first years at Columbia, Boas was something of a storm centre.
From Time Magazine Archive
"Whatever it was," says she, "I became a sort of storm centre wherever I went."
From Time Magazine Archive
Now Somerset, Devon, and Cornwall were the storm centre of the panic.
From A History of Witchcraft in England from 1558 to 1718 by Wallace Notestein
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