turbulence
noun
the quality or state of being turbulent; violent disorder or commotion.
turbulency
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a variation of
turbulence.
Example Sentences
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I grant, that the pride, ambition, and turbulency of private men have sometimes caused great disorders in commonwealths, and factions have been fatal to states and kingdoms.
From Second Treatise of Government by John Locke
There were children rolling in the sun, in the stubble, giving utterance to shrill laughter and enlivening this open-air workshop with their turbulency.
From International Short Stories: French by A. Cheneviere
About this time the country was in a state of great turbulency on account of the Plug Drawing and the Chartist Riots.
From Adventures and Recollections by Bill o'th' Hoylus End
What a tale of terror, now their turbulency tells!
From Selections from American poetry, with special reference to Poe, Longfellow, Lowell and Whittier by Margaret Spraque Carhart
Here are several lines taken from Poe’s The Bells: What a world of merriment their melody foretells, What a tale of terror now their turbulency tells.
From Journeys Through Bookland, Vol. 10 The Guide by Charles Herbert Sylvester
