tempest tost
/ˈtɛmpɪstˌtɔst/
adjective
- Thrown around or violently shaken by a storm; tossed by a tempest.
- The tempest-tost trees lay scattered across the road after the hurricane.
- After a night of fierce winds, the tempest-tost sailors were exhausted but alive.
- The tempest-tost ship finally reached the safety of the harbor.
- Troubled or distressed by difficult circumstances; buffeted by life's hardships.
- Her tempest-tost heart found peace at last in the quiet countryside.
- The poem speaks of a tempest-tost wanderer searching for meaning.
- The refugee family arrived as tempest-tost souls seeking a new home.