hurry-scurry

Example Sentences

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An 1879 poker tournament attracts a cast of colorful high rollers, opportunists and scam artists to the dusty Arizona frontier in "Western Religion," a one-dimensional movie painted in painfully broad strokes and whizzing, hurry-scurry action sequences.

From Los Angeles Times

It all acts as a counterweight to the hurry-scurry of Harvard Square around the corner, where crowds of tourists jostle with Ivy League academics amid the clamor of street performers, vendors and the thrum of traffic.

From Washington Times

The hurry-scurry, the angry hum of recent weeks had departed; a quivering stillness now permeated the premises.

From Literature

The streets were filled with the hurry-scurry of a moving army, splashing through mud puddles.

From Literature

There must be no untidiness or hurry-scurry; you must never leave things behind, or tear or crumple them—if so, your carelessness will bring its own punishment, for it would prevent the spell's working, and even I—fairy or witch as you think me——" "No, no," Clodagh interrupted eagerly, "not witch.

From Project Gutenberg