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- adjective pounded or hit repeatedly by storms or adversities
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Examples
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Send these, the homeless, tempest-tost to me, I lift my lamp beside the golden door!
Richard Trumka: Whose America Is That? Richard Trumka 2010
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Send these, the homeless, tempest-tost to me, I lift my lamp beside the golden door!
Richard Trumka: Whose America Is That? Richard Trumka 2010
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Let's take a gander at the homeless, tempest-tost who landed on our levee-depleted shores:
Melissa Smith: We Are Contenders. We Are New Orleans. We Are America. Melissa Smith 2010
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Send these, the homeless, tempest-tost to me, I lift my lamp beside the golden door!
Richard Trumka: Whose America Is That? Richard Trumka 2010
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Give me your tired, your poor, ⨠your huddled masses yearning to breathe free, ⨠The wretched refuse of your teeming shore. ⨠Send these, the homeless, tempest-tost to me. â¨I lift my lamp beside the golden door!
Brian Levin, J.D.: Our Gift of Religious Tolerance Must Be Shared by All Americans J.D. Brian Levin 2010
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Emma Lazarus's Statue of Liberty sonnet famously welcomes "homeless, tempest-tost" newcomers, while Jimmy Santiago Baca tallies harsh realities that sometimes follow that greeting.
4th Of July Poems: The Best Poetry To Celebrate Independence Day 2010
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Emma Lazarus's Statue of Liberty sonnet famously welcomes "homeless, tempest-tost" newcomers, while Jimmy Santiago Baca tallies harsh realities that sometimes follow that greeting.
4th Of July Poems: The Best Poetry To Celebrate Independence Day 2010
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Send these, the homeless, tempest-tost to me, I lift my lamp beside the golden door!
Arizona's Immigration Reform Steven Barnes 2010
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Send these, the homeless, tempest-tost to us, we lift our lamp beside the golden door.
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Or does the accused believe that the door still stands open to welcome "the homeless, tempest-tost" to our shores?
You Stand Accused 2007
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