All 4 Uses of
torrent
in
Madame Bovary
- To replace Nastasie (who left Tostes shedding torrents of tears) Emma took into her service a young girl of fourteen, an orphan with a sweet face.†
Chpt 1.9 *torrents = overwhelming amounts
- One sees pines of incredible size across torrents, cottages suspended over precipices, and, a thousand feet below one, whole valleys when the clouds open.†
Chpt 2.2
- Whither hurries this crowd like the waves of a furious sea under the torrents of a tropical sun pouring its heat upon our heads?†
Chpt 2.8
- Then, carried away as by a rushing torrent, she soon began to recall the day before.†
Chpt 3.7
Definition:
an overwhelming amount -- especially of quickly moving water