tumultuous

• The Old Bailey sessions were tumultuous, the newsletters gory with the lewdest details. —  GUDMagazineIssue0::Spring2007
• The assembly was tumultuous, and the earth groaned beneath, as the people seated themselves, and there was a clamour; but nine heralds vociferating restrained them, if by any means they would cease from clamour, and hear the Jove-nurtured princes. —  The Iliad of Homer (1873)
• With my bowie-knife I cut its body into a hundred pieces; walked away very sad and gloomy, and sat upon my blanket near the fire How rapid and tumultuous were my thoughts! —  Travels and Adventures of Monsieur Violet
• At each break of the trees they would clamber down to the water's edge and look over the tumultuous wastes, and each time the twilight was deeper, the snow flurries heavier. —  The Snowshoe Trail
• Don't you know we've got to get there quickly As they approached the noise became tumultuous, and as they topped a small hill that brought them in full view of the new diggings they saw a sight that they would never forget as long as they lived They gazed on what seemed to be a mob gone wild. —  The Outdoor Girls in the Saddle Or, The Girl Miner of Gold Run

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