tempest-tossed / ˈtɛm pɪstˈtɔst, -ˈtɒst /

⚽高中词汇抛物线抛出抛锚的抛锚

tempest-tossed 的定义

adj. 形容词 adjective
  1. buffeted about, as by adversities.

更多tempest-tossed例句

  1. One of the kids had a ball in his hand, and Cuomo took it and tossed it back and forth to an eight year old.
  2. Occasionally a pamphlet for a salsa class might be tossed on a doorstop or stuck on a pole near a bus stop.
  3. When the alleged victim threatened to call 911, she says, Mulvehill tossed her phone out of her reach and held her by the arm.
  4. His weapons charges have been tossed, and racketeering could be next.
  5. And last week, a Mexican federal court tossed out weapons charges that had been lodged against him when he was arrested.
  6. He was tall and of familiar figure, and the firelight was playing in the tossed curls of his short, fair hair.
  7. With a groan, wrung from the very depths of his heart, he tossed the man a gold-piece; another to the woman.
  8. His soul was tossed on the billows of a tempestuous ocean, in the midst of which he saw his father perishing.
  9. In truth, M. de Biancourt's goodness and prudence seemed much shaken by this tempest of human passions.
  10. He got up abruptly, tossed his cigarette over the wall into the river, then sat down again.