tempest-beaten

I am like a ship, whose tempest-beaten sides rest sweetly in a haven.

The Knight of the Golden Melice A Historical Romance John Turvill Adams

BUINNE -- We were tempest-beaten, indeed, on the sea of Moyle, but the storm of this girl's speech is more fearful to face.

Imaginations and Reveries George William Russell 1901

The recognition was becoming definite, and yet he could scarcely believe his senses: was it indeed Evelina, wind-tossed, tempest-beaten, and with as many tears as rain-drops on her pale cheek?

His "Day In Court" 1895 Mary Noailles Murfree 1886

Near Nantes in his tempest-beaten home, near Genoa in a fold of the Apennines, where he watched the lizards sleep or slide, a great appeasement came upon his spirit.

A History of French Literature Short Histories of the Literatures of the World: II. Edward Dowden 1878

After going through such troubles as these, you cannot wonder that King Ulysses was glad to moor his tempest-beaten bark in a quiet cove of the green island, which I began with telling you about.

Tanglewood Tales Nathaniel Hawthorne 1834

But all beyond the line of the two points of land inclosing the bay was rolling and tumbling in wild commotion, madly lashing the rocky headlands with the foaming waters, and resounding abroad over the hills with the deep, hoarse roar of the tempest-beaten breakers of the ocean.

Gaut Gurley D. P. Thompson 1831

* Judge Winston. man of Mr. Henry's disposition and habits, at his time of life, and tempest-beaten as he was, to resume the practise of such a profession as the law.

Sketches of the Life and Character of Patrick Henry Wirt, William, 1772-1834 1817

Page 261 man of Mr. Henry's disposition and habits, at his time of life, and tempest-beaten as he was, to resume the practise of such a profession as the law.

Sketches of the Life and Character of Patrick Henry 1817

Madame Vallmont takes care of our conveyance, I have settled all my private affairs; and send this letter off, that it may inform you, how soon my poor tempest-beaten heart, will ask consolation, and repose, with God and you.

Agnes De-Courci: a Domestic Tale 1789

Yet, in the year 1580, the ship San Lorenzo arrived there on the 8th of October, sore tempest-beaten, to the great admiration of every one, as the like had not been seen before.

A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume 08 Robert Kerr 1784