storm-center

True, the wind itself tore our canvas out of the gaskets, jerked out our topmasts, and made a raffle of our running gear; but still we would have come through nicely had we not been square in front of the advancing storm-center.

THE HEATHEN 2010

The reluctance of U.S. companies to spend money on share repurchases reflects what Phil Dow, director of equity strategy at RBC Wealth Management, calls a "storm-center mentality."

Stock Buybacks Plummet 2009

Much relieved that the storm-center had passed over him, Mr. Wrenn sat on the front edge of a cane-seated chair, with the magazines between his hands, and his hands pressed between his forward-cocked knees.

Our Mr. Wrenn 2004

I was not immediate - ly allowed, however, to bask in an atmosphere of harmony, for in October, 1880, the celebrated con - test over my ordination took place at the Methodist Protestant Conference in Tarrytown, New York; and for three days I was a storm-center around which a large number of truly good and wholly sincere men fought the fight of their religious lives.

The Story of a Pioneer Shaw, Anna Howard, 1847-1919 1929

_Ch_inár-Su_kh_tih quarter of that hotly agitated village became the storm-center of the new conflagration.

God Passes By 1897-1957 Shoghi Effendi 1927

For a time on Monday, September 27th, it was the storm-center of battle.

Now It Can Be Told Philip Gibbs 1919

Much relieved that the storm-center had passed over him, Mr. Wrenn sat on the front edge of a cane-seated chair, with the magazines between his hands, and his hands pressed between his forward-cocked knees.

Our Mr. Wrenn, the Romantic Adventures of a Gentle Man Sinclair Lewis 1918

Mrs. Marshall-Smith looked a little startled at this direct reference to the veiled storm-center of the day, but not at all displeased.

The Bent Twig Dorothy Canfield Fisher 1918

True, the wind itself tore our canvas out of the gaskets, jerked out our topmasts, and made a raffle of our running gear; but still we would have come through nicely had we not been square in front of the advancing storm-center.

The Heathen 1914

I was not immediately allowed, however, to bask in an atmosphere of harmony, for in October, 1880, the celebrated contest over my ordination took place at the Methodist Protestant Conference in Tarrytown, New York; and for three days I was a storm-center around which a large number of truly good and wholly sincere men fought the fight of their religious lives.

The Story of a Pioneer 1915