Definition of "tempest-tost" [tempest-tost]

• Pounded or hit repeatedly by storms or adversities (adjective)

WordNet. Princeton University. 2010.

• "Send these, the homeless, tempest-tost to me, I lift my lamp beside the golden door!"
• "Let's take a gander at the homeless, tempest-tost who landed on our levee-depleted shores:"
• "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."