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(poetic) Battered by a storm or storms. / (figuratively) Beset by adversity or fraught with dissension.

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tempest-tossed

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tempest-tossed

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poetic figuratively

(poetic) Battered by a storm or storms. / (figuratively) Beset by adversity or fraught with dissension.

Japanese Meaning

（詩的表現）嵐に打たれ、荒波に揉まれた状態 / （比喩的表現）災難や混乱、内紛などに苦しめられている状態

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

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嵐に打ちのめされたその船は、帆が裂け、乗組員は疲れ果てながらも、何とか港にたどり着いた。

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(poetic) Battered by a storm or storms.

When the dark storm and the howling blast sweep with their wintry pinions over its troubled bosom, I shall think of the rocking ship and the tempest-tossed sailor, whose home is on the faithless sea.

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(figuratively) Beset by adversity or fraught with dissension.

Divorced from Allan Wayne after a tempest-tossed marriage notable for locking each other out and scares over alleged kidnapings of their daughter, she married Arnold Grant in 1962.

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more tempest-tossed

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most tempest-tossed

（ superlative ）

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