Tempests swept across the coastline, forcing the villagers to seek shelter.

The office arguments were nothing more than tempests in teapots, resolved by lunchtime.

The board's disagreement over the font size turned into a tempest in a teapot, distracting everyone from the real budget issues.

Her argument was a tempest in a teacup, blown far out of proportion.

The tempest-tossed ship limped into the harbor, its sails torn and its crew exhausted.

The tempest-tost ship limped into the harbor, its sails shredded and crew exhausted.

She was tired of hearing about tempests in teacups when real problems needed solving.

The meeting quickly became a tempest in a tea-kettle over a single misquoted statistic.

Management dismissed the complaints as tempests in tea-kettles and moved on to real problems.