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flurried

[flur-eed, fluhr-] / ˈflɜr id, ˈflʌr- /


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The brushstrokes are a whirlwind of eloquent smudges and slashes, suggesting that the picture was completed in a few flurried minutes.

From Washington Post ● Mar. 10, 2023

But instead of gangsters and cocaine, it finds a flurried momentum in one ordinary woman’s everyday obligations, which threaten to break her when a nationwide strike throws her tenuous act off balance.

From New York Times ● Feb. 2, 2023

Boston flurried at the end of the half to take a 68-56 lead into halftime.

From Seattle Times ● Jun. 8, 2022

Sircar called out as doctors and nurses flurried around a 48-year-old man who had been rushed in and intubated in the emergency room.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 15, 2021

Spirits flurried around inside her to rejuvenate whatever damage had been done as she rose and took an uneasy step forward.

From "Shadowshaper" by Daniel José Older


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