The word "maelstrom" is correct and it is usable in written English.
It is a noun that means a powerful whirlpool that is created in a sea or a river by the meeting of conflicting tidal currents. Example: The boat got stuck in the maelstrom and could not move.
Barbed-wire fencing along the 102-mile route ensures that the Expressway keeps India's perennial maelstrom at bay, and the high tolls preserve the route for the wealthiest of drivers.
For an unwell person to have a piece of paper explaining that they are allowed some time out of the maelstrom only to be told it is not practically possibly, but maybe tomorrow – that's torture.
In particular, the spectacular writing for a pair of timpanists and the bass drum typify not only the sound of the Rite but its physical impact as well – indeed, one can feel pulled by them into a rhythmical maelstrom of an almost tribal intensity.
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Crucial to his strategy is investor confidence in Italian bonds: if they lost faith in him and demanded significantly higher returns, Italy could be pitched into a maelstrom of higher borrowing costs and rapidly mounting debts.
The precise chemistry is still unfathomable; like many great events, the maelstrom is remembered differently by different people.
His characters are not quite hapless innocents thrown into the maelstrom of Communism, fascism and Nazism; nor are they professionals at home in that perilous world.
The industry is bracing for hard times, both in the overseas markets and in the maelstrom of domestic politics.* Clarification: The lines italicised in the indicated paragraph were added to this blog post on July 9th, 2013, in order to clarify the sequence of events that led to the beginning and the end of caretaker government in 2006 and 2007.
Some suggest that as many as 80% of the foreign fighters who entered Iraq's maelstrom passed through Syria.
To make matters more complicated, whether there is $3.6 billion or $7.2 billion available for redevelopment is the subject of an insurance dispute over whether the twin towers were brought down by one event or two.And yet, behind this maelstrom, the most striking aspect of the reconstruction has been the lack of discord in a city that, before September 11th, would grab any excuse for a protest.
Abroad, true stories of Uncle Sam locking up foreigners and depriving them of basic rights have helped give credence to rumours of torture and intimidation.Moving the lineSome themes emerge from the maelstrom of new laws and assertions.
