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Term: tempest-tost

Part of Speech: Adjective

Sense 1: Tossed or thrown about by a violent storm or tempest.

Sample Sentence: The sailors struggled to control the tempest-tost ship amidst the raging waves.

Part of Speech: Verb

Sense 1: Past participle of the verb "tempest-toss." To throw or toss someone or something about wildly or violently as in a tempest.

Sample Sentence: The tornado tempest-tost the trees, leaving a path of destruction in its wake.

Part of Speech: Adjective

Sense 2: In a state of agitation, turmoil, or confusion.

Sample Sentence: The tempest-tost city streets were filled with protesters demanding change.

Part of Speech: Noun

Sense 1: A person who has experienced or endured extreme difficulties or hardships.

Sample Sentence: After surviving the war and living as a refugee, she became a tempest-tost and wrote a powerful memoir.