How to Use maelstrom in a Sentence

maelstrom

noun

• The ship was drawn into the maelstrom.
• She was caught in a maelstrom of emotions.
• But in the maelstrom of 2020 even mighty Exxon had to budge.
  — The Economist, 16 Dec. 2020
• Amid the maelstrom, the Queen agreed to the suspension.
  — Katherine Dunn, Fortune, 1 Sep. 2019
• In the maelstrom of this year, baseball has slowed life down.
  — Colin St. John, The Denver Post, 16 June 2017
• Most of the men saw not yet the need of heroic steps, steps that would take them out over the brink of the maelstrom.
  — Rosa Inocencio Smith, The Atlantic, 5 June 2017
• At the same time, the maelstrom is so intense that a surfer can’t just admire the view.
  — Júlia Ledur, Washington Post, 29 July 2024
• Jen is, once again, at the center of a maelstrom in the most recent episode.
  — Scott D. Pierce, The Salt Lake Tribune, 27 Sep. 2021
• Hyneman calls it The Rainstorm: The inside of the tank is a maelstrom.
  — Kevin Dupzyk, Popular Mechanics, 13 Nov. 2018
• And so these people were caught in this maelstrom of change.
  — Isaac Chotiner, Slate Magazine, 27 Apr. 2017
• In the midst of the maelstrom, Jeon / Ok-ju is spinning, chopping and shooting with the best of them.
  — Patrick Frater, Variety, 15 Oct. 2023
• These maelstroms can be thousands of miles wide and last for years.
  — Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 6 June 2024
• Since the end of Moammar Gadhafi's rule in 2011, Libya has been a maelstrom.
  — Tim Lister, Sam Kiley and Sebastian Shukla, CNN, 9 June 2020
• In Lebanon, which has trudged through a maelstrom of crises over the last year, a new disaster looms.
  — Tamara Qiblawi, CNN, 4 Oct. 2020
• Many appear to be recording the maelstrom on their phones.
  — Gregory Yeestaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 18 Aug. 2022
• The country is now caught in the internal maelstrom that is the mind of Donald Trump.
  — Charles Krauthammer, Orange County Register, 19 May 2017
• In the midst of the punk maelstrom, MacGowan was still soaking up Irish music.
  — Caine O'Rear, Rolling Stone, 15 Nov. 2021
• This is your first book being released in the wake of your being at the center of the RWA maelstrom.
  — Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 24 Aug. 2020
• Adidas and other brands have cut ties with Ye amid the maelstrom.
  — Brian Contreras, Los Angeles Times, 1 Dec. 2022
• Noomin was a powerful voice that got heard amid the male maelstrom.
  — Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 20 Sep. 2022
• Rather than reveal, 2018’s best frocks will conceal the body in a maelstrom of sequins and shine.
  — Steff Yotka, Vogue, 20 Dec. 2017
• Peso isn’t there as a maelstrom of opening brass notes charge out of the sound system.
  — Julyssa Lopez, Rolling Stone, 11 Mar. 2024
• But here again, there will be evidence of the maelstrom that has torn through the royals these past few years.
  — Alexander Smith, NBC News, 1 June 2022
• There was a maelstrom of singing, shouting, and testifying to the goodness of the Lord.
  — Nina Turner, Newsweek, 10 July 2024
• The Fed last cut rates by half a point in October 2008, the maelstrom of the financial crisis.
  — The Economist, 5 Mar. 2020
• Leon, Kennedy and McDonald to sweep us, too, into the maelstrom.
  — Peter Marks, Washington Post, 9 Jan. 2023
• However, the person at the center of this maelstrom is your boyfriend — not his kids.
  — Washington Post, 13 Jan. 2020
• However, the person at the center of this maelstrom is your boyfriend – not his kids.
  — Amy Dickinson, Detroit Free Press, 13 Jan. 2020
• How — amid this perpetual maelstrom of things to like, favorite, and urgently need to fix — are we meant to be moral?
  — David Ehrlich, IndieWire, 28 June 2024
• To anyone who’s spent any amount of time in any version of this city, the succession of news voices and flashes of chaotic footage that orient us in the maelstrom of urban decay will be all too familiar.
  — Andy Andersen, Vulture, 19 Sep. 2024

Last Updated: 16 Jan 2025