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Flurry

noun

(pl. flurries)

A rapid active commotion. Synonyms: ado, bustle, fuss, hustle, stir.

A light brief snowfall and gust of wind (or something resembling that). Synonym: snow flurry. "There was a flurry of chicken feathers"

verb

(past & past part. flurried; pres. part. flurrying)

Move in an agitated or confused manner.

Cause to feel embarrassment. Synonyms: confuse, disconcert, put off.

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"Flurry" Quotes from Famous Books

... in the first flurry of the breaking out of the World-War, Aix was not placid. It went spy-mad, just as all Europe went spy-mad—a mania from which this Continent has not entirely recovered by any means. There was a great rounding up of suspected aliens. Every loyal citizen resolved himself or herself into a self-appointed ...

— Paths of Glory - Impressions of War Written At and Near the Front • Irvin S. Cobb

... of Baby Bunting, soft and furry In rabbit cloak, Or rock-a-byed amid the toss and flurry Of wind-swept oak; ...

— Nine Little Goslings • Susan Coolidge

... had worked with terrible effectiveness. Before the rush of white-vapor the insurrectos melted away in a screaming, scalded flurry. In less than two minutes after Jack had turned the steam on, not a sign of them ...

— The Border Boys Across the Frontier • Fremont B. Deering

... this violent action being soon over, the now unconscious animal passes rapidly along, describing in his rapid course the segment of a circle; this is his "flurry," which ends in his sudden dissolution. The mighty rencounter is finished. The gigantic animal rolls over on his side, and floats an inanimate mass on the surface of the crystal deep,—a victim to the tyranny and selfishness, as well as a wonderful proof ...

— Sanders' Union Fourth Reader • Charles W. Sanders

... in vain to worry At the rapid race of Time— And he flies in such a flurry When I trip him with a rhyme, I'll bother him no longer Than to thank you for the thought That "my fame is growing stronger As you really ...

— Songs of Friendship • James Whitcomb Riley

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