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Definition of Tempest-swept
1. Adjective. Pounded or hit repeatedly by storms or adversities.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Tempest-swept
Literary usage of Tempest-swept
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Imaginary Conversations by Walter Savage Landor (1883)
"Yet has the tempest swept them off, And the oppressed with bitter scoff Their
silent marble trod. To swell their pride, to quei^h their ire, Did venerable ..."
2. Royal Windsor by William Hepworth Dixon (1879)
"One tempest swept them out; another tempest swept them back. King Baliol fled
across the border hills, and David, after seizing most of his strong places, ..."
3. Royal Windsor by William Hepworth Dixon (1879)
"Not until Edward was engaged in his war with France were David and Joanna able
to return. One tempest swept them out; another tempest swept them back ..."
4. Royal Windsor by William Hepworth Dixon (1879)
"One tempest swept them out; another tempest swept them back. King Baliol fled
across the border hills, and David, after seizing most of his strong places, ..."
5. Graham's Magazine by Graham, George R, Edgar Allan Poe, John Davis Batchelder Collection (Library of Congress) (1848)
"Down upon him, in a deluge, rushed the cold November rain ; Bjt the wind about
him whistled, and the tempest swept in vain. What to him was wind or tempest, ..."
6. The Living Age by Making of America Project, Eliakim Littell, Robert S. Littell (1896)
"On December 13 a furious tempest swept over the house, shaking it to its very
foundations, and carrying away windows, doors, and roof. ..."
7. Imaginary Conversations by Walter Savage Landor (1883)
"Yet has the tempest swept them off, And the oppressed with bitter scoff Their
silent marble trod. To swell their pride, to quei^h their ire, Did venerable ..."
8. Royal Windsor by William Hepworth Dixon (1879)
"One tempest swept them out; another tempest swept them back. King Baliol fled
across the border hills, and David, after seizing most of his strong places, ..."
9. Royal Windsor by William Hepworth Dixon (1879)
"Not until Edward was engaged in his war with France were David and Joanna able
to return. One tempest swept them out; another tempest swept them back ..."
10. Royal Windsor by William Hepworth Dixon (1879)
"One tempest swept them out; another tempest swept them back. King Baliol fled
across the border hills, and David, after seizing most of his strong places, ..."
11. Graham's Magazine by Graham, George R, Edgar Allan Poe, John Davis Batchelder Collection (Library of Congress) (1848)
"Down upon him, in a deluge, rushed the cold November rain ; Bjt the wind about
him whistled, and the tempest swept in vain. What to him was wind or tempest, ..."
12. The Living Age by Making of America Project, Eliakim Littell, Robert S. Littell (1896)
"On December 13 a furious tempest swept over the house, shaking it to its very
foundations, and carrying away windows, doors, and roof. ..."
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