Meaning of tempest-tossed | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Battered by a storm or storms.
   poetic
2. Beset by adversity or fraught with dissension.
   figuratively

Examples

“When the dark storm and the howling blast sweep⟳ with their wintry pinions over its troubled bosom, I shall think⟳ of the rocking ship and the tempest-tossed sailor, whose home is on the faithless sea.”

“Like⟳ a battle-scarred, tempest-tossed warship, with her sails in tatters, her masts broken, and bilges awash, T. Mellon & Sons was, incredibly, still afloat.”

“Shipwrecks on tempest-tossed seas are featured in a number⟳ of other ballets and operas.”

“Divorced from Allan Wayne after a tempest-tossed marriage notable for locking each other out and scares over alleged kidnapings^([sic]) of their daughter, she married Arnold Grant in 1962.”

“There is little calm in their marriage, and it is almost always tempest-tossed.”

“And now, when any tempest-tossed soul fails to see⟳ that God is enough, I feel⟳ like⟳ saying, not with scorn, but with infinite pity, “Ah, dear friend, you do not know⟳ God! Did you know⟳ Him, you could not help⟳ seeing that He is the remedy for every need⟳ of your soul, and that He is an all-sufficient remedy. […]”

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