storm centre


noun
  1. the centre of a cyclonic storm, etc, where pressure is lowest

  2. the centre of any disturbance or trouble

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How to use storm centre in a sentence

  • In all cases the winds appear to blow spirally into the common storm centre.

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  • Indeed, it may be said to have temporarily receded into the background as a storm centre.

  • There was nothing to be seen of Quinton Edge, but surely he would not be far away from the storm-centre.

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  • The storm-centre of the fighting had moved away from them; above their heads the stars shone serenely.

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  • It is Germany and not England which is the storm-centre, the volcanic zone, in international politics.