flurried
Example Sentences
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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
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
City Council staffers flurried to do the same for their bosses.
From Slate • Sep. 21, 2017
Outside the brush house in the tuna clump, a covey of little birds chittered and flurried with their wings.
From "The Pearl" by John Steinbeck
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
