emotional turmoil
collocation in Englishmeaningsofemotionalandturmoil
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emotional
adjective
uk/ɪˈməʊ.ʃən.əl/us/ɪˈmoʊ.ʃən.əl/
relating to ...
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turmoil
noun[S or U]
uk/ˈtɜː.mɔɪl/us/ˈtɝː.mɔɪl/
a state of confusion, uncertainty, ...
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(Definition ofemotionalandturmoilfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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This could have been due to bringing out issues that stirredemotionalturmoilwithout resolving them.
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Much was made of prayer and open confession, and there were scenes of greatemotionalturmoil.
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The pain,emotionalturmoil, and sense of terror that both death and loneliness many evoke could mobilize a reaction akin to fainting, which is a physical response to acute pain.
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His outward appearance as a nondescript older man is at odds with an inneremotionalturmoilthat he imagines he shares with many other older people.
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As a result, she is incapable of any close personal relationships (she has lost the capacity for trust) and spends the rest of her life inemotionalturmoil.
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When the needs of carers conflict with those of their relative, who may be ambivalent about attending, the carers can find themselves in practical difficulties andemotionalturmoil.
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It will prevent many tragedies and muchemotionalturmoil.
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I was put into a state ofemotionalturmoil.
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That colony has been through—and is still going through—the most colossalemotionalturmoil.
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Imagine theemotionalturmoilthat must affect an employee of a company or a large organisation who plucks up the courage to tell his employer about his concerns.
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Therefore, will a back-dated payment of just £67,000 provide adequate compensation for families who have endured up to 40 years of financial hardship andemotionalturmoil?
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Hardship has been inflicted upon their families, they have probably subjected themselves and their families to great psychological andemotionalturmoil.
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They have to absorb and handle the whole family'semotionalturmoil, trauma and despair caused by unemployment.
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It is important that we recognise that the women in question are usually in a state of someemotionalturmoil.
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In some circumstances the parent with care may be inemotionalturmoilor under threat and unable to take the necessary action to opt out.
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This is not only from the physical disfigurement andemotionalturmoilthat they find themselves in but because of their surgeon's comments.
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Despite theemotionalturmoil, the group closes ranks to protect the children still with them.
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However, problems lap up from different directions, resulting inemotionalturmoilfor both sisters.
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Berenice, however, is still furious and inemotionalturmoil.
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Many of us have experienced profoundemotionalturmoiland despair.
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