maelstrom
Pronunciation: /ˈmālˌsträm, -strəm
noun
1 A powerful whirlpool in the sea or a river.
1.1 A situation or state of confused movement or violent turmoil: the train station was a maelstrom of crowds
Origin
late 17th century: from early modern Dutch (denoting a mythical whirlpool supposed to exist in the Arctic Ocean, west of Norway), from maalen 'grind, whirl' + stroom 'stream'.
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Carl stood quietly in the center of a train station. He stood in the middle of and yet was apart from the maelstrom of the crowd rushing every which way, entering train cars or pushing out to the street. That he was 7 feet tall, with a 3 foot long greasy mane of hair and was dressed in only a filthy brown trench coat might also have explained the gap he was allocated.
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