tempest-tossed

American  

[tem-pist-tawst, -tost] / ˈtɛm pɪstˈtɔst, -ˈtɒst /

Or tempest-tost

adjective

1. buffeted about, as by adversities.

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Etymology

Origin of tempest-tossed

First recorded in 1585–95

Example Sentences

“Give me your tired, your poor, Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free, The wretched refuse of your teeming shore. Send these, the homeless, tempest-tossed to me, I lift my lamp beside the golden door!”

From Salon • Feb. 25, 2019

It is a sport that welcomes the huddled masses and tempest-tossed of all backgrounds, asking only that you leave it all out on the course.

From The Guardian • Jul. 11, 2018

For the Salon of 1822, he painted “The Barque of Dante,” a terrifying vision of the great Florentine poet on a small, tempest-tossed boat, besieged by the damned in hell.

From Washington Post • Apr. 12, 2018

But there is no shortage of tempest-tossed refugees.

From New York Times • Dec. 24, 2016

Upon this ledge, after being tempest-tossed for fourteen days and nights, the bark which bore St. Paul is supposed to have foundered.

From The Story of Malta by Ballou, Maturin Murray