While, to degree, the turmoils and bitterness of that time have passed out of public mind, there are still many living who retain a keen remembrance of the struggle and the enmities it produced.
If these turmoils continue, the rule of the Turks would be easier to bear than that of these Christians.
They had the terrible power, and they used it, of involving their own and ten succeeding generations in the turmoils of revolution.
We must here be permitted to introduce the beautiful episode of Sir Isaac Newton, and turn from the turmoils of war to the peaceful pursuits of science.
The tradition is that here he forgot the world without, withdrew in thought as in person from the cares and turmoils of state, and found rest and cheerfulness by alternating his devotions with the tinkering of clocks.
Thus did Barlaam and Ioasaph dwell together, rivals in the good rivalry, apart from all anxious care and all the turmoils of life, possessing their minds undisturbed and clear of all confusion.
Angelo was always reported in old days to be inhabited by the most wicked people in Perugia, and, indeed, during the turmoils of the centuries the first rumble of revolution and of discord could usually be traced to this quarter.
He sent me from time to time such cheering intelligence, as enabled me to hope his cause would prosper, and that all these turmoils were only the more speedily preparing the way for it.
He was feverish and ill, excited by news of turmoils at home, and wished to be on the scene of action; this would have been a true and sufficient ground for his request.
The turmoils of civil war in France had now left Corsica to her own pursuits for many months.
Thus the ex-Empress Maria and Anna--the real founder of the fortune of her house--found in religious retirement and meditation a life of peace and tranquillity after the turmoils of revolutions and the intrigues of imperial politics.
The clamors increased, the shots multiplied, then the clear, chill light came gradually over the turmoils of darkness and sudden surprise.
It was not the usual hour of their separation, but to a very old woman the turmoils of war were overwhelming.
After these various turmoils of doubt, and hope, and despair, it would be a mere trifle to charge with his company to the muzzles of the biggest howitzers that ever bellowed.
From the slippery turns of fortune, from the turmoils of passion and adversity, he wishes to sink into the quiet of the grave.
Love as briefly did reply, 'Twas better there to toil, than prove The turmoils they endure that love.
Fortune--when with rash hands she quite turmoils ii.
The turmoilsof his visit and his departure were great indeed.
There she was happy and content; there she recalled her own youth when she was poor and forsaken; there she found respite from the turmoils and agitations of Versailles; there she was supreme; there she governed absolutely and was truly loved.
To these qualities, as much as to her beauty, were due the harmony of her life, the unity of her character--which were never troubled by the turmoils of politics or the emotions of love.
Now, escaped from the turmoils of politics, Washington resolved to cast the burden of speculations concerning them from his mind.
I have consented to embark once more on the boundless ocean of responsibility and trouble," he wrote to Hamilton; and added, "I rely upon you as a coadjutor and assistant in the turmoils I have consented to encounter.
The political turmoils which Lord Cochrane found to be prevalent in Rio de Janeiro, on his return from Maranham, were, as he had anticipated, very disastrous to the whole Brazilian empire.
Fresh turmoils arose in Parà , and Lord Cochrane had to send thither a small force, by which order was restored.
Twas so; he strook me with a slender dart; 'Tis cruel Love turmoils my captive heart.
The coming of Puritans who were in sympathy with the Parliament in England and who abhorred a tolerant papist, contributed something to the multifarious turmoils of the following years.
The Seekers appeared in England as early as 1617, and during the religious turmoils of the Commonwealth period the sect afforded a resting place for many a weatherbeaten soul.
He forgot the turmoils of his own troubles as he gazed at Millicent, the dreary aspect of the solitudes without, the exile from his accustomed sphere of culture and comfort, the poverty and coarseness of her surroundings.
To these qualities, as much as to her beauty, were due the harmony of her life, the unity of her character—which were never troubled by the turmoils of politics or the emotions of love.
Longfellow's main vocation was away from the turmoils of the hour.
In the contemplation of such a spirit we rest for a little from the turmoils of politics, the mixture of motives, the half-successes.
It was a peaceful and beneficent revolution, and in its quiet years the Southern turmoils subsided, and for better or for worse South Carolina and Mississippi worked out their own way as New York and Ohio worked out theirs.
Amidst all the turmoils of political and revolutionary strife Mr. Adams never neglected religious duty.
In the midst of these turmoils Mr. Ellery was with the people and for freedom.
With the exception of serving one year in the state senate and in the convention for the revision of the New York Constitution in 1801, he kept aloof from the turmoils of political life.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "turmoils" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
