hurry-scurry
Example Sentences
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Having been chased hurry-scurry from Kiangsi Province right to the suburbs of Changsha, Hunan, the Chinese turned around and, with a fury they have never shown before, lashed the Japanese back and back.
From Time Magazine Archive
The hurry-scurry, the angry hum of recent weeks had departed; a quivering stillness now permeated the premises.
From "In Cold Blood" by Truman Capote
The streets were filled with the hurry-scurry of a moving army, splashing through mud puddles.
From "Chains" by Laurie Halse Anderson
There is a gathering up of bags, a hasty shuffling of feet, the usual hurry-scurry of laggards, and in a few moments two motionless lines stand at attention.
From Peeps At Many Lands: Australia by Percy F. S. (Percy Frederick Seaton) Spence
They lock'd the bower, they lit the torch,85 'Twas hurry-scurry a', While merrily ay the lovers gay Rode roundly to the shaw.
From English and Scottish Ballads, Volume IV by Various
