6 sentences with 'turmoil'
Example sentences and phrases with the word turmoil and other words derived from it.
• « Napoleon ignored the beliefs and feelings of the people he conquered and, arguably, of the French themselves, who remained loyal because of his victories and the stability and order he had restored to France after the turmoil of the 1790s. »
• « Napoleon's takeover - itself a symptom of the anarchy unleashed by the Revolution - led to nearly twenty years of war and turmoil across the map of Europe. These events demonstrated to conservatives that while careful reform might be acceptable, rapid change was not. »
• « The Great Depression, however, plunged the Weimar government and German society into such turmoil that extremists like the Nazis suddenly gained considerable mass appeal. »
• « Stalin's primary aims were twofold: to secure allies abroad against the growing power of Germany (and, to some extent, Japan), and to drag the USSR into the industrial age. Despite the turmoil of his murderous campaigns, he succeeded on both counts. »
• « After Japan's defeat in World War II, Korea was occupied by Soviet troops in the north and US troops in the south. Amid the turmoil of the immediate post-war period, the two superpowers ignored Korea's demands for independence and instead divided the country in two. »
• « Religious turmoil between Catholics and Protestants also influenced the history of the Atlantic world, as different nation-states competed not only for control of new territories but also for the pre-eminence of their religious beliefs within them. »