Definition of "tempest-tossed" [tempest-tossed]

• Tossed by or as by a tempest.

The Century Dictionary (Public Domain)

• "They thought America was a place of refuge, a country that said, "send these, the homeless, tempest-tossed, to me.""
• "If the Bush administration had suffered a sudden seizure of honesty, here is how it would have greeted the tempest-tossed: Welcome to the home of the brave, huddled Iraqi masses, especially those of you who risked your lives working with us."
• "Instead there were only the tempest-tossed woodlands below."