TUMULT in a Sentence

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85 example sentences for TUMULT, such as:

1. The demonstration broke up in tumult.
2. They waited for the tumult to die down.
3. I could simply not be heard in the tumult.
4. And Scarlett was in a tumult about Ashley.
5. A tumult of feelings inside her fought for supremacy.

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 Meanings and Examples of TUMULT
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
tumult
 n.  noise, as made by a crowd; riot or uprising
Classic Sentence: (78 in 6 pages)
1  And Scarlett was in a tumult about Ashley.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER IV
2  Ellen's tired mouth smiled into the tumult as she addressed herself first to her husband, as a wife should.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER IV
3  A polite tumult broke out under the trees as the guests arose, shaking crumbs from laps.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER VI
4  Ladies, there will pass among you two of our gallant wounded, with baskets and-- But the rest of his speech was lost in the storm and tumult of clapping hands and cheering voices.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER IX
5  The chaperons' corner was in tumult and Mrs. Meade, anxious to support her husband in an action of which she heartily disapproved, was at a disadvantage.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER IX
6  Forgotten in the tumult, little Wade crouched behind the banisters on the front porch, peering out onto the lawn like a caged, frightened rabbit, his eyes wide with terror, sucking his thumb and hiccoughing.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XVIII
7  Scarlett screamed to her, but the tumult of the crowd drowned her voice and the carriage rocked madly by.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXI
8  She felt something brush her hair and wondered vaguely through her tumult if it were his lips.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXIII
9  There was a glow of grim pride in her usually gentle face, approbation and a fierce joy in her smile that equaled the fiery tumult in Scarlett's own bosom.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXVI
10  Gerald, Will and Ashley sat about the room smoking, smiling at the feminine tumult.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXII
11  So the tumult of gossip, surmise and deep suspicion which followed the announcement of his quiet wedding to Scarlett was not surprising.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXVI
12  Somehow Melanie made her way to the center of the excited throng and somehow made her usually soft voice heard above the tumult.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XLI
13  There was too great a tumult of conflicting ideas in her mind for her to sort them out.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER LV
14  Even through the dark tumult of her thoughts, the clink of Mr. Rosedale's millions had a faintly seductive note.
House of Mirth By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: Chapter 15
15  Lily had thus formed, in the tumult of her surroundings, a little nucleus of friendly relations which mitigated the crudeness of her course in lingering with the Gormers after their return.
House of Mirth By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 2: Chapter 5
Example Sentence:
1  The demonstration broke up in tumult.
2  A tumult of shouting and screaming came from within the house.
3  I could simply not be heard in the tumult.
4  They waited for the tumult to die down.
5  From every direction, people were running and shouting and falling over each other in a tumult of confusion.
6  A tumult of feelings inside her fought for supremacy.
7  She could not make herself heard over the tumult of the mob.