All 3 Uses of
tumult
in
A Tale of Two Cities
- Everywhere was tumult, exultation, deafening and maniacal bewilderment, astounding noise, yet furious dumb-show.†
Chpt 2.21 *
- All around outside, too, it beat the walls with a deep, hoarse roar, from which, occasionally, some partial shouts of tumult broke and leaped into the air like spray.†
Chpt 2.21
- For, the footsteps had become to their minds as the footsteps of a people, tumultuous under a red flag and with their country declared in danger, changed into wild beasts, by terrible enchantment long persisted in.†
Chpt 2.24
Definition:
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(tumult as in: tumult in financial markets) confusion or disorder -- often noisy