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Beach continued honing her orchestral voice in the stormily combative Piano Concerto, which Ms. Block’s biography treats as a sonic metaphor for the composer’s struggles for control in her private life.

From New York Times • Sep. 1, 2017

Ocean-blue silk swirls stormily around her legs, but New York City Ballet’s Tiler Peck is somehow serene, betraying no effort from the spin that caused her gown to get excited.

From Washington Post • Oct. 20, 2016

An air of gathering crisis hung stormily over Bucharest last week and Rumanians learned what it was to face a war of nerves.

From Time Magazine Archive

Immediately after the decree had been issued Dr. Rudolf Breitscheid, Socialist Leader, stormily addressed the Reichstag.

From Time Magazine Archive

Suddenly with a strained sound, Daisy bent her head into the shirts and began to cry stormily.

From " The Great Gatsby" by F. Scott Fitzgerald