Flurry
noun
A small sudden outburst or rush of something.
There was a flurry of activity as the deadline approached.
Often appears as...
- flurry of activity
- flurry of excitement
noun
A brief period of snowfall.
A flurry of snow fell during the night.
Often appears as...
- snow flurry
- flurry of snowflakes
verb
To move quickly in a nervous, excited, or disorganized way.
The children were all flurrying around getting ready for school.
Often appears as...
- flurry around
- flurry about
noun
A small sudden outburst or rush of something.
There was a flurry of activity as the deadline approached.
Often appears as...
- flurry of activity
- flurry of excitement
noun
A brief period of snowfall.
A flurry of snow fell during the night.
Often appears as...
- snow flurry
- flurry of snowflakes
verb
To move quickly in a nervous, excited, or disorganized way.
The children were all flurrying around getting ready for school.
Often appears as...
- flurry around
- flurry about
Definition 1 of 3
Pro Tip 1/3Sudden Burst
Use 'flurry' to describe a quick, unexpected rush of actions or emotions.
The crowd's cheers rose in a flurry when the winning goal was scored.
Pro Tip 2/3Short-lived
'Flurry' implies the burst is brief and doesn't last for a long duration.
There was a flurry of questions after the surprising announcement.
Pro Tip 3/3Intensity
A 'flurry' often implies a period of intense activity or interest.
A flurry of excitement filled the room as the celebrity walked in.
Pro Tip 1/3Sudden Burst
Use 'flurry' to describe a quick, unexpected rush of actions or emotions.
The crowd's cheers rose in a flurry when the winning goal was scored.
Pro Tip 2/3Short-lived
'Flurry' implies the burst is brief and doesn't last for a long duration.
There was a flurry of questions after the surprising announcement.
Pro Tip 3/3Intensity
A 'flurry' often implies a period of intense activity or interest.
A flurry of excitement filled the room as the celebrity walked in.
Pro Tip 1/3Sudden Burst
Use 'flurry' to describe a quick, unexpected rush of actions or emotions.
The crowd's cheers rose in a flurry when the winning goal was scored.
Pro Tip 2/3Short-lived
'Flurry' implies the burst is brief and doesn't last for a long duration.
There was a flurry of questions after the surprising announcement.
Pro Tip 3/3Intensity
A 'flurry' often implies a period of intense activity or interest.
A flurry of excitement filled the room as the celebrity walked in.
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A playful exploration of...
oppressions I can relate to, fears I can embody, aggressive tendencies that I try to forget. But there are also plenty of characteristics with which I have no personal experience, nothing I can draw from. And sometimes in a flurry of rehearsal, of reading a script,
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Sally Kohn: Let's try...
correctness I'm not saying it's easy an average of like five point six times per day I have to stop myself from responding to all of my hate mail with a flurry of vile profanities this whole you know sort of finding a compassion and common ground with your enemies
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What is déjà vu? What is...
using the same restaurant setting for each. First up is dual processing. We'll need an action. Let's go with a waiter dropping a tray of dishes. As the scene unfolds, your brain's hemispheres process a flurry of the waiter's flailing arms, his cry for help,
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Let's try emotional...
I'm not saying it's easy. An average of, like, 5.6 times per day I have to stop myself from responding to all of my hate mail with a flurry of vile profanities. This whole finding compassion and common ground with your enemies thing
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How to build your...
I know that I could have started the process of killing her confidence forever. A lack of confidence pulls us down from the bottom and weighs us down from the top, crushing us between a flurry of can'ts, won'ts and impossibles.
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No one can figure out...
scientists still haven’t observed mating in the wild, or found a single eel egg. Leading theories suggest that eels reproduce in a flurry of external fertilization, in which clouds of sperm fertilize free-floating eggs.
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WorldSpace: The world’s...
speakers who who have done such a great all these vignettes that have come in this last one was just really amazing I was born in Africa to African parents in the mid 50's amongst the flurries of
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Boogie at an Animal...
They visit one site after another, judging each individual by his performance. Their arrival causes a flurry of excitement.
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Crossing the Creek -...
not too deep but I definitely want to take my boots and pants off just so I don't get wet few snow flurries right
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Nature's Greatest...
one site after another judging each individual by his performance their arrival causes a flurry of excitement
Video examples
A playful exploration of...
oppressions I can relate to, fears I can embody, aggressive tendencies that I try to forget. But there are also plenty of characteristics with which I have no personal experience, nothing I can draw from. And sometimes in a flurry of rehearsal, of reading a script,
Video examples
Sally Kohn: Let's try...
correctness I'm not saying it's easy an average of like five point six times per day I have to stop myself from responding to all of my hate mail with a flurry of vile profanities this whole you know sort of finding a compassion and common ground with your enemies
Video examples
What is déjà vu? What is...
using the same restaurant setting for each. First up is dual processing. We'll need an action. Let's go with a waiter dropping a tray of dishes. As the scene unfolds, your brain's hemispheres process a flurry of the waiter's flailing arms, his cry for help,
Video examples
Let's try emotional...
I'm not saying it's easy. An average of, like, 5.6 times per day I have to stop myself from responding to all of my hate mail with a flurry of vile profanities. This whole finding compassion and common ground with your enemies thing
Video examples
How to build your...
I know that I could have started the process of killing her confidence forever. A lack of confidence pulls us down from the bottom and weighs us down from the top, crushing us between a flurry of can'ts, won'ts and impossibles.
Video examples
No one can figure out...
scientists still haven’t observed mating in the wild, or found a single eel egg. Leading theories suggest that eels reproduce in a flurry of external fertilization, in which clouds of sperm fertilize free-floating eggs.
Video examples
WorldSpace: The world’s...
speakers who who have done such a great all these vignettes that have come in this last one was just really amazing I was born in Africa to African parents in the mid 50's amongst the flurries of
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Boogie at an Animal...
They visit one site after another, judging each individual by his performance. Their arrival causes a flurry of excitement.
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Crossing the Creek -...
not too deep but I definitely want to take my boots and pants off just so I don't get wet few snow flurries right
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Nature's Greatest...
one site after another judging each individual by his performance their arrival causes a flurry of excitement
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Jean Hanff Korelitz
American Novelist
My first three novels were all the subjects of intensely exciting flurries of calls from producers and even stars' production companies, and once someone actually hired a screenwriter to adapt one of my books - but it all came to nothing, so I tried not to get too excited when a Hollywood suitor came calling for 'Admission,' my fourth novel.
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Laura Arrillaga-Andreessen
American Businesswoman
Instead of waiting until the holiday season - when mail solicitations flood in from worthy organizations - and making a flurry of gifts because this is the time of year to give, sit down and take stock. Identify your passion, learn about it, and direct your time, mind, and dollars to aligned causes and organizations.
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Paul Hollywood
English Chef
A sponge is quite simple. You weigh ingredients, mix, and put it in the oven. With pastry, you manhandle it, shape it, fold it. You have to be involved with it; there is more jeopardy, more risk. But it's like making a casserole. There's a flurry of activity to begin with; then it's about leaving it to rest.
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Jonathan Ames
American Author
No, I'm not very productive at all. I'm probably like an animal. I mean, great animals in the ocean feed all the time. I'm someone who procrastinates, worries, for most of a month, and then I'll have a flurry of manic productivity with a sense of great urgency and fear for, like, two days.
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Joyce Meyer
American Author
Much of everyday life is filled with opportunities to be distracted. Our possessions... entertainment... cares and anxieties... and even the passionate desire and pursuit of things, some good and not so good, can keep our minds and hearts caught up in a flurry of activity.
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Lynn Coady
Canadian Novelist
The masterstroke of male fraternity, I believed, was the practice of never speaking of anything remotely personal or related to one's emotions. That way, no one is ever made uncomfortable. Any such awkward moments can always be dispelled with a flurry of pretend-punches.
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Ari Melber
American Journalist
Barack Obama was first elected after a period of profound failure by elite and government institutions, from finance to foreign policy to Hurricane Katrina, and his first term immediately and unapologetically enacted a flurry of government solutions.
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Katharine Gun
British Activist
After the initial flurry of media interest, I was left to figure out how to move on with my life - and that proved hard. I was glad to get back to what I hoped would be normality, but the effect on me had been traumatising.
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Christine Lagarde
French Politician
I'm very much a believer that it's action that matters much more so than, you know, the flurry of political promises and statements and slogans that are used during political campaigns.
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Anthony Quinn
Mexican Actor
I have lived in a flurry of images, but I will go out in a freeze frame.
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Jean Hanff Korelitz
American Novelist
My first three novels were all the subjects of intensely exciting flurries of calls from producers and even stars' production companies, and once someone actually hired a screenwriter to adapt one of my books - but it all came to nothing, so I tried not to get too excited when a Hollywood suitor came calling for 'Admission,' my fourth novel.
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Laura Arrillaga-Andreessen
American Businesswoman
Instead of waiting until the holiday season - when mail solicitations flood in from worthy organizations - and making a flurry of gifts because this is the time of year to give, sit down and take stock. Identify your passion, learn about it, and direct your time, mind, and dollars to aligned causes and organizations.
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Paul Hollywood
English Chef
A sponge is quite simple. You weigh ingredients, mix, and put it in the oven. With pastry, you manhandle it, shape it, fold it. You have to be involved with it; there is more jeopardy, more risk. But it's like making a casserole. There's a flurry of activity to begin with; then it's about leaving it to rest.
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Jonathan Ames
American Author
No, I'm not very productive at all. I'm probably like an animal. I mean, great animals in the ocean feed all the time. I'm someone who procrastinates, worries, for most of a month, and then I'll have a flurry of manic productivity with a sense of great urgency and fear for, like, two days.
Quote examples
Joyce Meyer
American Author
Much of everyday life is filled with opportunities to be distracted. Our possessions... entertainment... cares and anxieties... and even the passionate desire and pursuit of things, some good and not so good, can keep our minds and hearts caught up in a flurry of activity.
Quote examples
Lynn Coady
Canadian Novelist
The masterstroke of male fraternity, I believed, was the practice of never speaking of anything remotely personal or related to one's emotions. That way, no one is ever made uncomfortable. Any such awkward moments can always be dispelled with a flurry of pretend-punches.
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Ari Melber
American Journalist
Barack Obama was first elected after a period of profound failure by elite and government institutions, from finance to foreign policy to Hurricane Katrina, and his first term immediately and unapologetically enacted a flurry of government solutions.
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Katharine Gun
British Activist
After the initial flurry of media interest, I was left to figure out how to move on with my life - and that proved hard. I was glad to get back to what I hoped would be normality, but the effect on me had been traumatising.
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Christine Lagarde
French Politician
I'm very much a believer that it's action that matters much more so than, you know, the flurry of political promises and statements and slogans that are used during political campaigns.
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Anthony Quinn
Mexican Actor
I have lived in a flurry of images, but I will go out in a freeze frame.
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