Synonym: agitate, commotion, confuse, confusion, disturbance, excite, fluster, ruffle. Similar words: furry, curry, hurry, scurry, hurry up, in a hurry, curry favour, lurk. Meaning: ['flɜrɪ /'flʌrɪ] n. 1. a rapid active commotion 2. a light brief snowfall and gust of wind (or something resembling that). v. 1. move in an agitated or confused manner 2. cause to feel embarrassment.
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1. A flurry of shots rang out in the darkness.
2. Her arrival caused a flurry of excitement.
3. A flurry of wind upset the small boat.
4. There was a flurry of activity as the film star appeared on the balcony.Sentence dictionary
5. After a quiet spell there was a sudden flurry of phone calls.
6. There may be the odd flurry of snow over the hills tonight.
7. She got carried away in a flurry of excitement,but we brought her down to earth by reminding her of the tasks waiting to be down.
8. The day started with a flurry of activity .
9. There was a sudden flurry of activity when the director walked in.
10. The ladies departed in a flurry of silks and satins.
11. A flurry of excitement went among the audience as the popular singer stars arrived.
12. The prince's words on marriage have prompted a flurry of speculation in the press this week.
13. He opens the door and a flurry of snow blows in.
14. There was a sudden flurry of interest in the book.
15. She got carried away in a flurry of excitement, but we brought her down to earth by reminding her of the tasks waiting.
16. There was a sudden flurry of interest.
17. There was a further little flurry of activity.
18. There was a sudden flurry in the long grass.
19. The flurry involved further new launches.
20. The Clinton team did, as a flurry of recent revisionist accounts of the Camp David peace effort last summer shows.
21. Suddenly there was a flurry of activity, their bags were packed hurriedly and they were to leave that very day.
22. There is a sudden flurry outside the main entrance, a Gothic porch.
23. This brief flurry of brick-building will leave one with a house plus chimney, to be maintained just as before.
24. Alvin flew into a flurry of activity, managing to overspend the grants without finishing his own projects.
25. Cleave's wife, Lydia, arrives in a flurry of bangles and cigarette smoke.
26. To her right, a tramp stroked a flurry of tuneless notes from a violin.
27. He and Helga sat at the back of the class, groping each other up in a flurry of smirks and giggles.
28. It may well be this bleak prospect that has spawned the flurry of books about Yiddish in recent years.
29. In my memory there were prominent headlines and a sudden flurry of importance.
30. The sun had barely begun its climb into the sky when there was a renewed flurry of activity outside the university hospital.