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
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
When all in like manner have been named and have turned, the "soo's race" ensues: a hurry-scurry round—which continues until some one falls, and the game ends by all tumbling in a confused heap.
From Children's Rhymes, Children's Games, Children's Songs, Children's Stories A Book for Bairns and Big Folk by Ford, Robert
