All 14 Uses of
tumult
in
The Count of Monte Cristo
- …moment later M. Morrel appeared and was saluted with an enthusiastic burst of applause from the crew of the Pharaon, who hailed the visit of the shipowner as a sure indication that the man whose wedding feast he thus delighted to honor would ere long be first in command of the ship; and as Dantes was universally beloved on board his vessel, the sailors put no restraint on their tumultuous joy at finding that the opinion and choice of their superiors so exactly coincided with their own.†
Chpt 5-6
- …closet, broke the cane into small bits and flung it in the fire, put on his travelling-cap, and calling his valet, checked with a look the thousand questions he was ready to ask, paid his bill, sprang into his carriage, which was ready, learned at Lyons that Bonaparte had entered Grenoble, and in the midst of the tumult which prevailed along the road, at length reached Marseilles, a prey to all the hopes and fears which enter into the heart of man with ambition and its first successes.†
Chpt 11-12
- Suddenly the tumult ceased, as if by magic, and the doors of the church opened.†
Chpt 35-36
- At length Tuesday came, the last and most tumultuous day of the Carnival.†
Chpt 35-36
- As the day advanced, the tumult became greater.†
Chpt 35-36 *
- The eyes of the paralytic expressed a multitude of tumultuous thoughts.†
Chpt 73-74
- At this moment my mother seized me in her arms, and hurrying noiselessly along numerous turnings and windings known only to ourselves, she arrived at a private staircase of the kiosk, where was a scene of frightful tumult and confusion.†
Chpt 77-78
- In the midst of all this frightful tumult and these terrific cries, two reports, fearfully distinct, followed by two shrieks more heartrending than all, froze me with terror.†
Chpt 77-78
- In proportion as her memory became clearer, the occurrences of the evening were revealed in their true light; what she had taken for confusion was a tumult; what she had regarded as something distressing, was in reality a disgrace.†
Chpt 99-100
- Then walking towards Morrel, he took his hand; the tumultuous agitation of the young man was succeeded by a profound stupor.†
Chpt 105-106
- In the midst of this tumult the voice of the president was heard to exclaim,—"Are you playing with justice, accused, and do you dare set your fellow-citizens an example of disorder which even in these times has never been equalled?"†
Chpt 109-110
- During the scene of tumult, Andrea had turned his smiling face towards the assembly; then, leaning with one hand on the oaken rail of the dock, in the most graceful attitude possible, he said: "Gentlemen, I assure you I had no idea of insulting the court, or of making a useless disturbance in the presence of this honorable assembly.†
Chpt 109-110
- There was an energy, a conviction, and a sincerity in the manner of the young man, which silenced the tumult.†
Chpt 109-110
- Many people have been assassinated in a tumult, but even criminals have rarely been insulted during trial.†
Chpt 111-112
Definition:
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(tumult as in: tumult in financial markets) confusion or disorder -- often noisy