I, too, was afraid, and what of my discovery of how much she meant to me my mind was in a turmoil but, I succeeded in answering quite calmly: All will come right, Miss Brewster. (The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)ДЄt the sound soldiers came rushing from their tents, knights shouted loudly for their squires, and there was mad turmoil on every hand of bewildered men and plunging horses. In summary definition, permissiveness- coerciveness of political regimes. turmoil emotional/mental/political turmoil His statement threw the court into turmoil. The political turmoil of Berlin, Russia were a huge topic of the Olympics in 1992 because the country was divided there was uncertainty on their participation. There was a turmoil in the audience-someone screamed, two ladies in the front row fell senseless from their chairs, and there was a general movement upon the platform to follow their chairman into the orchestra. POLITICAL COERCIVENESS AND TURMOIL 95 low end of the coerciveness continuum. (Hungarian state-owned enterprise acquires Hirtenberger Defence Group, Wikinews) He said he expects no political turmoil between the neighboring Austria and Hungary over the sale. He read until three in the morning, and his brain was in a turmoil, but not one essential thought in the text had he grasped. It was now so dark that there was no sign of the boat but Wolf Larsen held back through the frightful turmoil as if guided by unerring instinct. (Frankenstein, by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley) My internal being was in a state of insurrection and turmoil I felt that order would thence arise, but I had no power to produce it. (His Last Bow, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle) The turmoil within my brain was such that something must surely snap. (The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Synonyms: confusion, trouble, violence, row More Synonyms of turmoil. Browse the use examples 'geopolitical turmoil' in the great English corpus. Check out the pronunciation, synonyms and grammar. Dark and murky was it all, but hope mounts high in youth, and it ever fluttered over all the turmoil of his thoughts like a white plume amid the shock of horsemen. Turmoil is a state of confusion, disorder, uncertainty, or great anxiety. Learn the definition of 'geopolitical turmoil'.

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