Both Uses of
tempest
in
The Two Towers
- Then the Orcs screamed, waving spear and sword, and shooting a cloud of arrows at any that stood revealed upon the battlements; and the men of the Mark amazed looked out, as it seemed to them, upon a great field of dark corn, tossed by a tempest of war, and every ear glinted with barbed light.†
Chpt 3.7 *
- As they drew nearer they became aware that these were of vast size, very ancient it seemed, and still towering high, though their tops were gaunt and broken, as if tempest and lightning-blast had swept across them, but had failed to kill them or to shake their fathomless roots.†
Chpt 4.7
Definition:
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(tempest) a violent commotion or disturbance -- especially a violent storm or emotional outburst