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Example sentences for "storm"

Lexicographically close words:
storied; stories; storing; stork; storks; stormbound; storme; stormed; stormers; stormes
  1. The end was evidently approaching, but a consideration of its horrors must be postponed while we glance at the condition of the renegades who had sought shelter from the storm by adopting the faith of the oppressor.

  2. The storm burst on the aljama of Estella, March 1st, and rapidly spread throughout the kingdom.

  3. This aroused a storm and the leading officials of Church and State interposed so effectually with the inquisitors that Prat was allowed to remain in the secret prison of the Aljafería.

  4. Martínez continued his inflammatory harangues and sought to turn to the advantage of religion the storm which he had aroused, by procuring a general forcible conversion of the Jews.

  5. Of the three synagogues two were converted into churches for the Christians who settled in the Jewish quarter and the third sufficed for the miserable remnant of Israel which slowly gathered together after the storm had passed.

  6. Many chiefs of the synagogue, learned rabbis and leaders of their people, had cowered before the storm and had embraced Christianity.

  7. The enemy is about to storm the Bastion of the Evangelium!

  8. The storm was soon to break out in all its fury.

  9. We also assert as distinctly, that the wind in a storm does not blow from all sides towards the centre, which is just as dangerous to believe.

  10. We reached the ruins among the first, after the burst of the storm subsided a little.

  11. In consequence of these waves passing from west to east, the storm will only be violent when formed a little to the westward.

  12. About ten minutes after the storm burst, the most terrific hailstorm we ever saw began to rattle, like discharges of musketry, upon the tin roof and glass sides.

  13. The nucleus of the spot is dense, like the nucleus of a storm on the earth, and surrounded by a penumbon precisely as our storms are fringed with lighter clouds, permitting the light of the sun to penetrate.

  14. When the sky appears of a clear blue through the cirri, there will be generally fresh gales without any great electrical derangement; but if the clear spaces are hazy, gradually thickening towards the nucleus, a storm may be expected.

  15. This line continues until noon about 10° at the highest, showing the northern boundary of the storm to the southward; 8 P.

  16. The storm passed over Brooklyn lightly, in comparison with the effects across the Williamsburgh line.

  17. Who fought and bled in Freedom's cause, Who fought and bled in Freedom's cause, And when the storm of war was gone, Enjoyed the peace your valor won.

  18. The storm shall not wake thee, nor shark overtake thee, Asleep in the arms of the slow-swinging seas.

  19. Comrade, where wilt thou be to-night When the loosed storm breaks furiously?

  20. Another storm came up and we rolled and rolled and rolled, until I thought The Lyre was going to capsize.

  21. How high the pond went I don't know, but I do know that for a week there wasn't any sign of it, and then most unexpectedly out of what appeared to be a clear sky there came the most extraordinary rain-storm you ever saw.

  22. Illustration: "Out of what appeared to be a clear sky came the most extraordinary rain storm you ever saw.

  23. Here is one of his sonnets, which he calls "The lover compareth his state to a ship in perilous storm tossed by the sea.

  24. They were years during which the fury of the storm of the Reformation worked itself out.

  25. In storm and tempest, Now in the east, now in the west, Woe is him has never rest Mid-day or morrow.

  26. At that time Ireland was filled with storm and anger, with revolt against English rule, with strife among the Irish nobles themselves.

  27. Once again he tried to end his life, but again the storm passed.

  28. This was the storm of the Reformation which was to divide the world into Protestant and Catholic.

  29. It shows us the first mutterings of the storm that was to rend the world.

  30. We were separated by a storm in the latitude of 73, insomuch that only the ship which I was in, with a Dutch and French vessel, got safe into a creek of Nova Zembla.

  31. Gather round the bright steel of your King; strong as the rocks of my land, that meet the storm with joy, and stretch their dark pines to the wind.

  32. He crossed the Channel, and for two years he lived through all the storm and stress of the Revolution.

  33. A great storm comes upon them and the ship is wrecked.

  34. But the weather was bad, the roads were heavy with mud, he was overtaken by a storm of rain, and ere he could find shelter he was soaked to the skin.

  35. Dreadful as the storm of thine ocean thou hast poured thy valor forth; thy voice has been like the voice of thousands when they engage in war.

  36. Not always fall of leaf, nor ever spring, Not endless night, yet not eternal day: The saddest birds a season find to sing, The roughest storm a calm may soon allay.

  37. Little did I dream of the storm that in a short time was to burst upon us.

  38. Hardly a day passes that some terrible storm does not burst upon us; and such thunder--how terrific!

  39. Things had now become gloomy indeed; the storm is threatening.

  40. Well," said Sir Tristram, "I had set forth to seek King Angus in Ireland, when I and my companions were driven hither by a great storm of wind.

  41. Then Gouvernail said: "Lord, let us go hence, I care not where, for I reckon nothing of storm or rain or snow or hail if it so be that I am with you.

  42. So the ship fled away before that tempest, and the hearts of all aboard were melted with fear because of the great storm of wind and the high angry waves.

  43. So they sat there in great joy and friendliness of spirit, and, for the while, Sir Tristram forgot the mission he was upon and was happy in heart and glad of that terrible storm that had driven him thitherward.

  44. Not with such a storm as there is now raging outside," answered Bill.

  45. The vessel has held together till now, and I don't see why she should not hold together till the storm is over.

  46. You will only float about till another storm arises and you will be lost.

  47. They then lay down, and, in spite of the storm and the hubbub it was creating, were soon fast asleep.

  48. I took shelter there once when I was a little girl, having been caught in a storm as I was rambling along the sands so I remember it well.

  49. Before lying down, however, Bill said he wished to see how the storm was getting on.

  50. By the roaring sound they heard when they awoke, the lads knew that the storm was still raging.

  51. Why one of the men, who was looking out from the turret during the storm last night, vows he saw some kind of apparition just down below the chapel, fencing with the lightning, and playing at pitch and toss with balls of fire.

  52. That luminous appearance, so often observed during a storm in this country, he alleges to be the effect of volcanic eruptions; though this, I confess, seems to me extremely problematical.

  53. The division of this created a perfect storm of noise, and we left the five or six Arab women out-shrieking a whole rookery.

  54. Yesterday we had a dust-storm off the desert.

  55. But insensibly waking thought merged into dreams; then his senses were wrapped in profounder slumber, and at length he awoke to find that the storm had passed, the sun arisen, and the vessel was nearing port.

  56. Mildred, listening to the dash of the rain against the window, for the threatened storm had come.

  57. But he had scarcely done so when a sudden storm of wind came sweeping down upon the lake, from the northwest, and drove them into the cabin.

  58. But ere long the storm increased in violence, the wind blowing a gale, accompanied with thunder, lightning, and torrents of rain.

  59. The waters below were almost empty of shipping, as if there were a storm coming, but as the rider looked he saw a small craft creeping up close by the shore; she was like a French fishing boat, and had her sweeps out.

  60. She 's in a huge toil the day, with sure news of a great storm that's coming.

  61. But the Romans built well; their massive construction has withstood the wild ravage of succeeding wars, the sun and storm of millennial years.

  62. Though a thousand years older, the arena looks fresh as compared with it, because even sun and storm do not gnaw and corrode like gloom and dampness.

  63. How old it looked in its wet desolation, the storm eating into its crumbling walls!

  64. Storm and flood did not destroy it, but war.

  65. It was built by Louis of Orleans, brother of Charles VI, and the storm of battle has raged often about its base.

  66. The night, as I have said, was bitter cold, and would have done honour to a northern latitude, and in addition to this, a violent storm was coming on.

  67. I have always been accustomed to the storm and the gale, to a somewhat adventurous life, and to have that great wide sea before my eyes for ever.

  68. The storm he had long foreseen was now bursting upon his head; it was no longer to be delayed; it was not to be warded off.

  69. Ain't been but one storm so fur that didn't clear.

  70. This squall come as sudden and as savage as ary storm we've had this winter.

  71. The storm had been abating for an hour or more.

  72. He muttered this into the throat-latch of his storm coat while using the scraper.

  73. When he see the storm coming he'd run for it somewhere.

  74. She had rolled up the sleeves of his storm jacket, and her little brown hands gripped the wheelspokes in a most capable fashion.

  75. Did the storm do much damage in your best chamber, Miss Heppy?

  76. That was soon after Ralph had gone and while the storm was still high.

  77. Anybody would think I brought this storm on purposely.

  78. Tobias, who had been leisurely taking off his storm coat and unbuckling the strap of his sou'wester as he talked cheerfully to the rather glum looking Ralph, now turned to the women.

  79. I give it as my opinion that this is the worst summer storm we ever had," the lightkeeper said.

  80. The uproar of the storm was an accompaniment to Miss Heppy's story.

  81. When there's a storm like this I always do dread trouble.

  82. A long-enduring storm such as this in winter would have spelled death for many of the company.

  83. If he is out there and there is a storm coming up, what is going to become of him?

  84. We hoisted the flag that sees an enemy in every other flag, and for three years the Storm scourged these seas from Cape Horn to Sands' Head.

  85. Now these honest old burghers had almanacs made with strict regard to truth, and if they prognosticated a storm it was sure to come.

  86. We've sailed along smoothly enough through life together, but there may be a dismal storm ahead.

  87. The storm ceased its fury at four o'clock, and a cold, bright, and calm morning succeeded.

  88. We made this place a retreat, had a settlement here, after the wreck of the Storm in the cave, of forty men.

  89. The Tappan Zee had never been more troubled in a storm than was the moral sensibilities of Nyack at this news.

  90. When I had got command I ran the Storm into the Caribbean Sea, landed all who were suspected, as well as such as more openly opposed the enterprise, on an island, and then put away for the Pacific via Cape Horn.

  91. The storm had caught the little house by the shoulders, and was giving it one of its most violent shakes, when the dog suddenly started up, gave a growl, then walked solemnly to the door and listened.

  92. The storm has prevented Gusher from getting here to-night.

  93. There was no standing up against such a storm of female indignation as he now found blowing about his ears.

  94. Just let him set the Tappan Zee afire once, and people would make such a storm that nothing more would be heard of his inventions.

  95. Neither storm nor tempest shall trouble you, Tite, for I will follow you with my prayers that God may carry you safe through all dangers, and bring you safe back to us.

  96. She was a beauty of a craft, that Storm was.

  97. But before noon a violent snow storm set in, and the bold, bleak hills of Patagonia disappeared from sight.

  98. The storm had handled their garments somewhat roughly, and they were well covered with snow.

  99. The storm came on before its time: She wandered up and down; 30 And many a hill did Lucy climb, But never reached the town.

  100. VIII So, the storm subsides to calm: They see the green trees wave 85 On the heights o'erlooking Greve.

  101. A sudden storm Of sighs and tears, A clenching arm, A look of years.

  102. As swift as the glance of the arrowy lance That the storm spirit flings from high, The star-shot flew o'er the welkin blue, As it fell from the sheeted sky.

  103. Soft from the house-roofs showers the snow, The vane creaks on the steeple, The lanterns wag and glimmer low In the storm by the hurrying people.

  104. Throughout the storm and stress that preceded the civil war Drummond was a loyalist, though at one time he appeared to be identified with the Covenanters.

  105. The last reef was taken in; the storm came down and lashed the sea; the sky grew more and more threatening; the waves dashed over the deck at each plunge of the old bark in the sea.

  106. Once when overtaken by a storm on a voyage to Corinth, he was badly frightened.

  107. He would have done better to sulk in his tent until the storm of rumour had died down.

  108. Every morning he had arisen with the anticipation of the storm breaking; every night he had lain down, having lived through such a day as he might have lived at this season of the year for the last forty years.

  109. Was he like the mariner who sees the storm pressing him closely and hastens to find the harbour where he can let fall each straining sail, like the tired bird that drops its wings because it has found its nest?

  110. The keeper gave Dave his course of duties during the day; and while they despatched dinner he told Dave also about a heavy storm just "ten years ago that very day.

  111. That doesn't matter," said a man who was watching through a window in the door the storm driving without.

  112. I heard the storm roaring through the night; and when I looked out in the morning, there was this vessel just on the bar!

  113. I have written this off at different times, perhaps in the evening when I have been watching, or in a storm when I could catch a little rest from work, or when I felt a bit lonely and wanted something to occupy me.


  114. The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "storm" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
    Other words:
    access; anger; assault; attack; barrage; batter; beleaguer; bellow; beset; blast; blaze; blizzard; blow; bluff; bluster; board; boil; bounce; brag; breeze; brew; broadside; brutalize; bully; burn; burst; butcher; chafe; charge; commotion; convulsion; cyclone; destroy; eruption; explode; explosion; fall; fit; flip; flounce; foray; freshen; fret; fume; gale; gather; gust; hail; hammer; huff; hurricane; intimidate; inundate; invade; irruption; loot; maelstrom; make; maul; mug; object; outbreak; outburst; overrun; overwhelm; paroxysm; passion; pillage; puff; rage; raid; rainstorm; ramp; rampage; rant; rape; rave; riot; roar; ruction; ruin; rush; sack; salvo; savage; scale; scene; seethe; seizure; shower; simmer; sizzle; slang; slaughter; smoke; smolder; snowstorm; spasm; splutter; squall; stew; storm; storming; strike; swagger; tantrum; tear; tempest; terrorize; thunderstorm; tornado; typhoon; upheaval; vapor; violate; volley; waft; whiff; whirl; whirlwind; wreck


    Some related collocations, pairs and triplets of words:
    stormy night; stormy weather