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
Mustard admires the fact that, rather than engage in the hurly-burly of social media, Lamar will disappear from public view for long stretches of time.
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 21, 2024
It is this connection between the well-being of people and the functioning of government that often gets lost or forgotten in the hurly-burly of debate over the locus and exercise of governing power.
From Washington Post • Jan. 20, 2023
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
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
