The phrase "are facing turmoil" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a situation where individuals or groups are experiencing significant distress or upheaval.
Example: "The company is facing turmoil due to recent management changes and financial difficulties."
Alternatives: "are experiencing chaos" or "are undergoing distress."
He was widely credited with steadying Governor Paterson's office after his elevation to secretary in 2009, when Mr. Paterson was facing turmoil among his staff and criticism over his handling of the search for a replacement for Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton after she was named Secretary of State.
But now many of these students are facing career turmoil.
But now, hundreds of cities and government agencies are facing economic turmoil.
On the second anniversary of the attack on the World Trade Center, the victims' families are facing emotional turmoil in dealing with their memories of that day and the loss of their loved ones.
The Greens are facing more factional turmoil, as the partner of Greens senator Lee Rhiannon publicly attacks the federal party and party room, and defends a new hard-left faction that is openly antagonistic towards the leader, Richard Di Natale.
Governments around the world are facing significant political turmoil and enormous economic stress as they struggle with an alarming and unprecedented array of public-policy crises.
They are also a microcosm of the challenges many emerging markets are facing in the current turmoil, underscoring the vulnerability of even larger developing economies like South Korea to sudden tremors in global finance.
Nurse executives need to examine the scope and nature of the change we are facing during this period of turmoil and ambiguity, in order to develop effective strategies for leading organizations and the profession into the future.
How do we integrate our best and highest aspirations as human beings and citizens and stay grounded in practical approaches to the social, financial, cultural and environmental turmoil we are facing?
