Sentence examples for tumultuous background from inspiring English sources
A Vindication of the Rights of Woman was written against the tumultuous background of the French Revolution and the debates that it spawned in Britain.
Marina, who has a tumultuous political background that is only hinted at, is carrying on a relationship of convenience with Tenguiz (Temour Kalandadze), whom she relies on for sex and financial help but with whom she refuses to live.
This tumultuous historical and commercial background operates at full intensity in every scene.
The late writer's epic drama charting the ascent of Napoleon Bonaparte through the ranks during the early years of the French Revolution will have its premiere on BBC Radio 3. Humorous and historically detailed, Burgess' story is set against the background of the general's tumultuous relationship with Josephine.
These tumultuous events constitute not so much the background as the weather, the climate, of Rosa Shand's remarkable first novel, "The Gravity of Sunlight," whose plot follows the precarious marriage of Agnes and John, Americans teaching in the city of Kampala during the months when Obote's power was waning.
Hugo's last novel, Quatre-vingt-treize (1874; Ninety-three), centred on the tumultuous year 1793 in France and portrayed human justice and charity against the background of the French Revolution.
Describes their tumultuous relationship.
The ovations were tumultuous.
Describes the tumultuous expedition.
That year was tumultuous.
