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 missionary movement became a storm centre when Dr. R. E. Diffendorfer, fatherly secretary of the Methodist Board of Foreign Missions, beamed down from the platform and addressed someone as "my boy."
From Time Magazine Archive
The barometer dropped to 28.94 in. as the storm centre passed nearby.
From Time Magazine Archive
"Whatever it was," says she, "I became a sort of storm centre wherever I went."
From Time Magazine Archive
Textbooks have long been a storm centre in U. S. schools.
From Time Magazine Archive
They seem to have surrounded the storm centre, which is just in front of the place you've rather unwisely chosen.'
From The Convert by Robins, Elizabeth
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