Both Uses of
tempest
in
A Tale of Two Cities
- Indeed they were at sea, and the ship and crew were in peril of tempest.†
Chpt 1.5 *
- In such risings of fire and risings of sea—the firm earth shaken by the rushes of an angry ocean which had now no ebb, but was always on the flow, higher and higher, to the terror and wonder of the beholders on the shore—three years of tempest were consumed.†
Chpt 2.24
Definition:
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(tempest) a violent commotion or disturbance -- especially a violent storm or emotional outburst