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How can "turmoil" be used in a sentence as a noun?
I'm writing a paper, and one of the requirments is to use vocabulary (aka:turmoil). Would this be correct? "'Where am I?' Paul asked with turmoil, quickely remembering the short conversation he had with Esperanza." Help, please!
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- Not exactly. A possible sentence could be "The absence of the teacher meant that the class was in utter turmoil." Or looking back to your example, one could say: "'Where am I?' Paul asked in turmoil, quickly remembering the short conversation he had with Esperanza." "Turmoil" means "a state of great disturbance, confusion, or anxiety" (something akin to "chaos" or "uproar"). Therefore you cannot say "Paul asked with turmoil" anymore than you could say "Paul asked with chaos". The preposition "with" is not being used correctly in this way. Hope this helps!
- 'Where am I?' Paul asked, with turmoil rising from within him as he quickly remembered the short conversation he had with Esperanza." Turmoil in this case would mean confusion or turbulence-a noun.
- A noun is something that can be touched (in many cases - not dream, peace, unrest...). So try asking yourself, are Paul and something asking a question together? No, but you know what turmoil is? It's a mess! In more than the physical sense. So go for it, your turn.
- The other thing is, Paul HAS turmoil; think of some way of working this into the phrasing.
- no, it would not. you are using "turmoil" as the object of the preposition "with turmoil". if you need to use it as a noun you could say something like: The turmoil caused everyone to... also, you misspelled "quickly".
- should have listened in class
