noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
economic
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It brought the worst economic turmoil that this country had seen since the industrial revolution.
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Beyond the political confusion, there were other factors that wrought economic turmoil in the wake of partitioning the country.
emotional
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He was beginning to feel as if he had just switched roller-coasters - from one set of emotional turmoil to another.
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In addition to their own emotional turmoil , parents must cope with the demands and expectations of those around them.
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It did not suit her now to observe the emotional turmoil inside Rose.
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All of these issues can be a source of great emotional turmoil to many people.
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These practical worries add to the emotional turmoil a woman will already be undergoing.
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So Mimi walked out, and suddenly he faced a kind of emotional turmoil he had never before experienced.
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It is believed to contain explosive scenes - including Di's alleged suicide bids, emotional turmoil and friendships with other men.
inner
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In spite of her inner turmoil she felt the pull of the tranquillity of the place.
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Manylayered stories of ambition, folly and inner turmoil .
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The warmth and gentleness coaxed her surrender, subduing her inner turmoil and replacing it with something that was infinitely more disturbing.
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He said he felt no inner turmoil for the entire week.
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She was too preoccupied by her inner turmoil to fully appreciate the bubbling volcanic mud pools in the weird, lunar-like springs.
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Certainly, looming cancellation, panting adolescents and constant comparisons with a big star stir up inner turmoil .
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Lissa did not know where she found the strength to answer him without betraying anything of her inner turmoil .
political
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Yet all this faded into insignificance when compared to the political turmoil it was causing.
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This new party was briefly banned for arousing political turmoil that led to street insurrections in October 1993.
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Few think he can long contain the present political turmoil .
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But the political turmoil that landed her father in prison prevented her from returning home.
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Economic decline is tangled up with political turmoil in a way that has made for a crisis of the constitution.
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Years of political turmoil and money shortages have meant the work has not begun.
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The fire is used as a symbol of the country's political turmoil .
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Nor did the Court cause political turmoil by invalidating an election just before it was due to take place.
■ VERB
throw
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The camp was thrown into turmoil , with warriors sprinting to natural rifle-pits, and the helpless ones taking flight north.
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Our arrangements are thrown into complete turmoil .
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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But he must have endured more mental turmoil as his rookie replacement lit up White Hart Lane.
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He shivered, his thoughts in turmoil , his pulse racing.
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In the midst of this turmoil , life on the surface at Holy Trinity went on much as it always had.
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Our arrangements are thrown into complete turmoil .
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The big thing actually seemed happy to have caused so much turmoil and confusion.
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The earliest had left their homeland during the turmoil of its unification.
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They did so again amid the turmoil caused by the collapse of Soviet power in 1991.