hurly-burly
Example Sentences
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Perhaps this can be done in the midst of the hurly-burly of the professional world, but it’s not easy.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 9, 2026
Yet by 2021’s “Solar Power,” Lorde was singing about abandoning the hurly-burly of pop stardom in the always-on social-media era.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 2, 2025
The petite 20-year-old has carved out a small patch of influence in the male-dominated hurly-burly of Kenyan politics, in the informal settlement of Kibra in the capital, Nairobi, where she lives.
From BBC • Jun. 24, 2022
Every day, for weeks, they communicated — about life, family, the hurly-burly of the everyday, on one occasion even talking by video.
From Washington Post • Apr. 4, 2022
I always get new strength from the forest and also a sense of peace that I can take with me, back into the hurly-burly of the lecture-tour world.
From "My Life with the Chimpanzees" by Jane Goodall
