hurly-burly
Example Sentences
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And for Rylance, the hurly burly of theater — “a dance with the audience,” he calls it — has always most propelled him as an actor.
From Seattle Times • Jun. 1, 2022
Bobby Moore had about him a serenity on the football field's hurly burly that never, in my slight experience, has been matched.
From The Guardian • Feb. 22, 2013
John Major was another PM who used cricket as a form of escape from the political hurly burly.
From BBC • May 29, 2012
New justices must adjust to another sort of hurly burly, as Justice Kagan, who joined the court in 2010, learned at one point during Tuesday’s argument.
From New York Times • Apr. 2, 2012
I was awakened in the early light by Uncle David building the fire, and then came my father's call, and the hurly burly of jovial greeting from old and young.
From A Son of the Middle Border by Garland, Hamlin
