Examples of tumult in a Sentence
We had to shout to be heard over the tumult.
The country was in tumult.
Her mind was in a tumult of emotions.
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Fleck is the latest in a line of performers who have canceled engagements to perform at the Kennedy Center amidst the tumult.
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Anastasia Tsioulcas, NPR, 7 Jan. 2026
Amid the tumult, peacemaking remains difficult and, in many regions, conflicts that simmered for years are spreading.
—Susannah George, Washington Post, 1 Jan. 2026
There has been a silver lining amidst the tumult—shows are still really good.
—Okla Jones, Essence, 1 Jan. 2026
There’s more debate and tumult there, but it is still magnetized around the possible futures of AI more than the way that AI is suddenly everywhere.
—Max Tani, semafor.com, 29 Dec. 2025
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“Tumult.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tumult. Accessed 14 Jan. 2026.
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tumult
noun
tu·mult
ˈt(y)ü-ˌməlt 
1
: uproar
a great tumult arose in the stands
2
: great confusion of mind
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