tempests

• Luther, at heart, was a conservative, and never sought a change to which he was not led by strong inward tempests--forced to make it by the voice of his conscience, which he ever obeyed, and loyalty to which so remarkably characterized the early reformers, and no class of men more than the Puritans. —  A Modern History, From the Time of Luther to the Fall of Napoleon For the Use of Schools and Colleges
• In the life of the family, the critical moments of birth, puberty, marriage, and death regularly recur, and keep up the instinct, because man is then brought face to face with these eternal facts; there is no need of extraordinary perils, such as tempests or pestilences, to keep the instinct alive. —  The Religious Experience of the Roman People From the Earliest Times to the Age of Augustus
• On the approach of either rain or tempests, they hasten to their nest, and cover it as well as they can with expanded wings, thereby keeping out the wind and water from hurting their infant brood. —  Ami des enfants. English
• The Alaskan lakes are often swept by terrific tempests, the waves sometimes dashing entirely over the rafts and boats, and wetting everything that is not well protected. —  Klondike Nuggets and How Two Boys Secured Them
• By reason of the extreme fury of the tempests, and the danger they find in passing the southern promontory of Africa, the Portuguese call this place the Lion of the Sea_. —  A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume 08

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