adjective
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a stormy sea
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a picture of a battleship in a stormy sea
a stormy/turbulent relationship (= one that involves many arguments )
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It had been a stormy relationship and there were frequent drunken rows.
windy/stormy
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In windy weather, water from the fountain is blown onto the paths.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
night
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It was a wild, stormy night .
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It was like falling asleep after a stormy night at sea.
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It was a very stormy night , with a lot of wind and rain.
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Step into the wheelhouse and take the helm on a dark and stormy night !
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One dark, stormy night I visited the dying woman.
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On stormy nights it had been exhilarating to fly in the teeth of the wind.
relationship
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Looking back at the stormy relationship of a few years ago, he realised how much she had mellowed.
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But Clinton and Morris had had a stormy relationship .
sea
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It was about then I felt as if I were on a small boat on stormy seas .
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He was ready to take on the salt air and the stormy sea .
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On the seas and far away On stormy seas and far away.
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Your kneecaps are my anchor in the stormy sea of life.
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They rose unchallenged, like black rocks in a stormy sea .
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Finally, wherever health-care reform may be on the stormy seas of the Clinton presidency, the public wants health-care reform.
weather
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It would also be easy to take down and stow in stormy weather .
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It blamed lower holiday sales, crimped gross margin, stormy weather and higher costs.
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Unfortunately, my parents' marriage slowly hit stormy weather and they split up.
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Instead he ran into stormy weather .
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It is frequently seen in stormy weather off the Cape of Good Hope and considered an omen of ill fortune.
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That's where we're going: to New York and its stormy weather .
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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a stormy meeting
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a stormy winter night
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After a long and sometimes stormy discussion, a decision was finally reached.
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The December peace talks are likely to be stormy .
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Their relationship could be stormy at times.
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Their relationship has been often stormy .
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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A wild, stormy wind was blowing, and in the garden I passed the wreck of the great tree.
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He was ready to take on the salt air and the stormy sea.
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Instead he ran into stormy weather.
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This stormy summer threw down and scattered grain, held berries back from ripening.
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Unfortunately, my parents' marriage slowly hit stormy weather and they split up.
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We walked the town walls, whilst Jessie Young told us breathtaking stories of battered Berwick's stormy history.