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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In his first years at Columbia, Boas was something of a storm centre.
From Time Magazine Archive
But yet they denied last week that they were taking sides by sending Marines to the storm centre of the Diaz-Sacasa row.
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
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
After the escape of Julius Roscoe time held to a tranquil pace in the placidities of the storm centre.
From The Storm Centre by Murfree, Mary Noailles
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