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  • noun Plural form of tumult.

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Examples

  • At that moment Wallace addressed a few words to her, but she knew not what they were; her soul was in tumults, and a mist passed over her sight, which, for a moment, seemed to wrap all her senses in a trance.

    The Scottish Chiefs 1875

  • She now heard the buzz of many voices, the rolling peel of acclamations, but she distinguished nothing; her senses were in tumults; and had not Lady Ruthven seen her disorder, she would have fallen motionless to the floor.

    The Scottish Chiefs 1875

  • My soul was in tumults; I traversed the streets with eager rapidity.

    I.4a 1826

  • Note, Those that are confederate and combined against the church will justly be separated, and set against one another; and their tumults raised against God will be avenged in tumults among themselves.

    Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume IV (Isaiah to Malachi) 1721

  • But are tumults from the Lord, who is the God of order, and not of confusion?

    Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume IV (Isaiah to Malachi) 1721

  • And if the tumults were the cause of creation of Tribunes, they merit the highest praise, for in addition to giving the people a part in administration, they were established for guarding Roman liberty, as will be shown in the next chapter.

    Discourses 2003

  • Nevertheless, the first effect of the tumults was a temporary advantage to the Reformers.

    The Rise of the Dutch Republic — Volume 10: 1566, part I John Lothrop Motley 1845

  • Nevertheless, the first effect of the tumults was a temporary advantage to the Reformers.

    The Rise of the Dutch Republic — Complete (1555-84) John Lothrop Motley 1845

  • Nevertheless, the first effect of the tumults was a temporary advantage to the Reformers.

    The Rise of the Dutch Republic — Complete (1555-66) John Lothrop Motley 1845

  • Nevertheless, the first effect of the tumults was a temporary advantage to the Reformers.

    PG Edition of Netherlands series — Complete John Lothrop Motley 1845

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