hurly-burly
Example Sentences
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As much as the hurly burly of the Coen brothers’ movies might seem distant from Shakespearean tragedy, their films are crowded with schemers seized by misguided ambitions — just usually more farcical ones.
From Seattle Times • Dec. 22, 2021
I didn’t see the call when it came in, in the hurly burly of things I didn’t notice.
From The Guardian • Nov. 15, 2016
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
Suppose that I launch this superior being, who reasons truly, into the hurly burly of his inferiors, who reason falsely, and await the inevitable result with the tranquillity of a philosopher.
From Stories by American Authors, Volume 10 by Various
