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 streets were filled with the hurry-scurry of a moving army, splashing through mud puddles.
From "Chains" by Laurie Halse Anderson
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 cut-and-cover, hurry-scurry methods of doing things, common on some Western farms, will not do in drainage work.
From Prairie Farmer, Vol. 56: No. 3, January 19, 1884. A Weekly Journal for the Farm, Orchard and Fireside by Various
Lady Feng and Li Wan then took hurry-scurry something to eat as a matter of form; but lady Feng came down once more to look after things.
From Hung Lou Meng, Book II Or, the Dream of the Red Chamber, a Chinese Novel in Two Books by Joly, H. Bencraft
