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Flurry   /flˈəri/   Listen
Flurry

noun
(pl. flurries)
1.
A rapid active commotion.  Synonyms: ado, bustle, fuss, hustle, stir.
2.
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)
1.
Move in an agitated or confused manner.
2.
Cause to feel embarrassment.  Synonyms: confuse, disconcert, put off.



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"Flurry" Quotes from Famous Books



... arose in the flurry, and his calm, cold presence, the steel of his hard gray eyes, and the motion of his hand entitled ...
— The U.P. Trail • Zane Grey
... a flurry of excitement on the outskirts of the crowd. A horseman on a beautiful bay mount, that was evidently unmanageable, came plunging and swerving down ...
— The Perils of Pauline • Charles Goddard
... The flurry of excitement was over. But Ira Ball was a determined man. It was in his mind that the trouble of taking care of the old mare was too great for Prudence, and he could not do the barn chores himself. They really had no use for the gray mare, ...
— Sheila of Big Wreck Cove - A Story of Cape Cod • James A. Cooper
... road up the Teton, which we followed for several days without incident, to the forks of that river, where we turned up Muddy Creek, the north fork of the Teton. That noon, while catching saddle horses, dinner not being quite ready, we noticed a flurry amongst the cattle, then almost a mile in our rear. Two men were on herd with them as usual, grazing them forward up the creek and watering as they came, when suddenly the cattle in the lead came tearing out of the creek, ...
— The Log of a Cowboy - A Narrative of the Old Trail Days • Andy Adams
... cried Jenny, gaily, dropping the pin from between her lips and looking in an amused flurry at Emmy's anguished face opposite. It was as though a chill had struck across the room, as though both Emmy's heart and her own had given a sharp twist ...
— Nocturne • Frank Swinnerton


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