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Tumult in sentence

138 examples of Tumult in a sentence

In the growing tumult the dust rose from the floor, a floating dust of former balls, poisoning the air with a strong odour of putters and trammers.
Hoots arose, and then they were surprised to see Father Bonnemort standing on the trunk and about to speak in the midst of the tumult.
Other orators succeeded each other from the tree-trunk, gesticulating amid the tumult, and throwing out wild propositions.
Soon four hundred workmen had passed from the shed into the receiving-room, in the midst of a tumult of gesticulation and shouting.
Then, in the midst of the tumult of the signals, the descent took place.
Levaque, who had found a file, was brandishing it like a dagger, dominating the tumult with a terrible cry:"Cut the cables!
But he still held out, his head erect, and his beard and hair white as snow; his courage had so swollen his voice that he could be heard distinctly over the tumult.
Suddenly he perceived that Chaval had gone off in the midst of the tumult.
But the tumult increased, and a terrible cry broke out just as he was going to the window:"Bread!
Then he grew angry and shouted furiously in the tumult:"Bread! is that enough, idiots!"
The manager shook his head, while the tumult increased outside, and they could hear the dull crash of the stones against the house.
In fact, the tumult began again, and Maigrat thought he heard his own name in the midst of the cries.
The astonished Pierron could not understand, and Pierronne, seized with fear on hearing the tumult of voices, lost her head and set the door ajar to see what was the matter.
But his voice was lost in the midst of so frightful a tumult that he had to leave the window again, simply shrugging his shoulders.
It was impossible to hear his words in the midst of the tumult; only his large grey moustache could be seen moving.
The many lives that stirred amid this tumult were, however, divided into parts, classed as distinct pictures.
The fire was out, the clock went on ticking, and Emma vaguely marvelled at this calm of all things while within herself was such tumult.
The servant had been to fetch him in the tumult.
The chemist, at the tumult which broke out in the house ran thither.
She was filling her heart with these melodious lamentations that were drawn out to the accompaniment of the double-basses, like the cries of the drowning in the tumult of a tempest.
She breathed in the perfumes of the full-blown flowers in the large vases, and listened to the stillness of the church, that only heightened the tumult of her heart.
The din of the town gradually grew distant; the rolling of carriages, the tumult of voices, the yelping of dogs on the decks of vessels.
Her love grew in the presence of this vastness, and expanded with tumult to the vague murmurings that rose towards her.
Perhaps, from the casement, standing hand-in-hand, they were watching the calm moonlight on the river, while from the distant halls the boisterous revelry floated in broken bursts of faint-heard din and tumult.
The tumult, which so lately disturbed the valley, was succeeded by the stillness of death, and the fair scene before her looked as if it had never been marred by the passions of men.
In the tumult and agitation of the moment, the retreat of Lawton and Wellmere was but little noticed; the condition of Mr. Wharton demanding the care and consolation of both the surgeon and the divine.
Singleton was lying on a sofa, shaking with debility, and inattentive to surrounding objects; while the surgeon was administering restoratives, and looking at the dressings, with a coolness that mocked the tumult.
"Good heaven!" cried Isabella, with difficulty supporting herself on the couch of Sarah; "he is gentle as the lamb by nature, though the lion is not his equal when roused.""We must interfere: our presence will quell the tumult, and possibly save the life of a fellow creature."
An extraordinary tumult in the house induced him to quicken his speed, and on arriving at the door, the panic-stricken Katy informed him that the bullet aimed at his own life had taken effect in the bosom of Miss Singleton.
The reply of the stranger was interrupted by sudden and heavy explosions of artillery, which were immediately followed by continued volleys of small arms, and in a few minutes the air was filled with the tumult of a warm and well-contested battle.
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