hurly-burly
Example Sentences
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Mr. Howard observes that his preference for country living distinguished him in the book world, and he spent a lot of his adult life in small-town Connecticut, serenely removed from the urban hurly-burly.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 7, 2025
Mustard admires the fact that, rather than engage in the hurly-burly of social media, Lamar will disappear from public view for long stretches of time.
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 21, 2024
The petite 20-year-old has carved out a small patch of influence in the male-dominated hurly-burly of Kenyan politics, in the informal settlement of Kibra in the capital, Nairobi, where she lives.
From BBC • Jun. 24, 2022
Writing in the present tense, Scurati immerses us in the hurly-burly of politics on the ground.
From Washington Post • Apr. 6, 2022
As I went about, the hurly-burly world of countless people, buildings, and wares struck me with even greater force.
From "Crispin: The Cross of Lead" by Avi
