hurly
AmericanEtymology
Origin of hurly
First recorded in 1590–1600
Example Sentences
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So after this week of diplomatic hurly burly, how much has changed?
From BBC • May 16, 2025
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 need to do that outside of the hurly burly of the regular office.
From Reuters • Oct. 23, 2020
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
Still in this hurly burly of temper, Christina kept her purpose intact.
From A Knight of the Nets by Barr, Amelia Edith Huddleston
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