Word: tumultously
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...YORK--Tumult and shouting in the 1940 national political campaign ended tonight, and tomorrow some 50,000,000 Americans will decide what may be the closest White House race since Woodrow Wilson inched out bewhiskered Charles Evans Hughes...
...took a full minute for the audience to drag itself back to reality. And then a deafening tumult rattled the convention hall. The shrieking mob raised their now leader upon their shoulders. They stamped round the room to the rhythm of thumping chairs, waving flags, and a steady chant of "Bryan, Bryan, William Jennings Bryan, BRYAN, BRYAN, WILLIAM JENNINGS...
...general tumult, even Louisiana Republicans came out in the open, held a primary along with the Democrats. It was their first in Louisiana since the primary law was enacted, and almost the first time Republicans have come out in the open since the days of the carpetbaggers. Their total registration...
...less confusing than Harvard geography is the tumult of meetings, buildings, people, and "vital" decisions confronting an entering class. The well-meaning patronizing of sophomores, the nebulous advice of juniors, and the aloof disconcern of seniors seldom bring much order out of the chaos. The college might almost as well hire a set of carollers to wander about the Yard singing a medley of "Hold Tight" and "God Rest You Merry Gentlemen...
...guns began to go off, monarchs and ministers, dictators and presidents, said what they had to say. Soon the tumult of war would be too loud to let the world hear their voices. The headlines of papers blurred and ran together-Hitler said. . . . Daladier said. . . . Chamberlain told the House of Commons. . . . Mackenzie King announced-then changed overnight. The great names and grave words disappeared. The bombing of ships and cities, clashes on the Western Front, maneuvers on the plains of Poland, overflowed in the news...