| The Lakers are just one of 16 playoff teams trying to phase out the tribulations and tumults of the 82-game regular season. |
| Public tumults and tragedies, even ones as dreadful as that of September 11, gradually recede into the past and become less emotionally fraught for all of us. |
| She will never reach the age when the tumults of young adulthood can be looked back upon with rueful sympathy and without anger and vengefulness. |
| The talented actor, Jeremy Irons, rarely gets an opportunity to express his true histrionic skills in the tumults movie. |
| The tumults of the past few years are beginning to push growing numbers of young people away. |
| A true painter is one who can patiently paint a pear in the midst of the tumults of history. |
