hurly-burly

Example Sentences

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So after this week of diplomatic hurly burly, how much has changed?

From BBC • May 16, 2025

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

I need to do that outside of the hurly burly of the regular office.

From Reuters • Oct. 23, 2020

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

A visitor from town tried to do so by fixing a nice quiet camp far away from the hurly burly.

From Reminiscences of Queensland 1862-1869 by Corfield, W. H. (William Henry)