The hurly-burly of getting the kids back to school?. From Wordnik.com. [As Leaves Fall and Markets Crash] Reference
The theft ahead was still kicking up a hurly-burly. From Wordnik.com. [The Dreaming Void]
At the steamer's landing all was hurly-burly and noise. From Wordnik.com. [A Woman who went to Alaska] Reference
In the hurly-burly, Gallego took to his heels and departed. From Wordnik.com. [Captain Canot or, Twenty Years of an African Slaver] Reference
He didn't know how to get into a hurly-burly debate and demagogue, like. From Wordnik.com. [Oral History Interview with Maury Maverick, October 27, 1975. Interview A-0323. Southern Oral History Program Collection (#4007)] Reference
Once in the hurly-burly of the foam the chances would be all on its side. From Wordnik.com. [Lines in Pleasant Places Being the Aftermath of an Old Angler] Reference
Call it refuge, an escape from the hurly-burly of the rest of the country. From Wordnik.com. [The War For Montana's Soul] Reference
A hurly-burly kind of get up and get her out of your mind kind of morning. From Wordnik.com. [gettin' over] Reference
The party adopted cruder slogans in the hurly-burly of election campaigns. From Wordnik.com. [Class & Colour in South Africa 1850-1950 - Chapter 13] Reference
Usually, the temple seemed a refuge from the hurly-burly of the secular world. From Wordnik.com. [Bridge of the Separator]
Customers are similarly annoyed by the hurly-burly world of telecommunications. From Wordnik.com. [Dissing Customers] Reference
Inevitably, Rauschenberg migrated north, to the hurly-burly art scene of New York. From Wordnik.com. [Back To The Future] Reference
Call him crazy, but there is no one as calm in the hurly-burly of flying fists as James Toney. From Wordnik.com. [Gordon Marino: UFC118:In Praise of James Toney] Reference
Dormitory, in such manner that they would be free from the hurly-burly of the general school life. From Wordnik.com. [Ruth Fielding in Moving Pictures Or, Helping the Dormitory Fund] Reference
We also welcome this union into the hurly-burly business of negotiation, compromise and rejection. From Wordnik.com. [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference
Amid the hurly-burly of noise created by the breakers she had not noticed the sound of their approach. From Wordnik.com. [The Vision of Desire] Reference
Mr. O'Hara is stepping into the hurly-burly of Irish talk radio and sitting for television interviews. From Wordnik.com. [Businesses Ask Ireland to Quit Blocking EU Treaty] Reference
Imposing a strategic framework on the hurly-burly of world affairs requires discipline and persistence. From Wordnik.com. [Groping For A Vision] Reference
Mdlalose has played a vital role in steering the IFP through the hurly-burly of democracy negotiations. From Wordnik.com. [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference
Think tourism in America, and you usually think of the hurly-burly of New York, Chicago and Los Angeles. From Wordnik.com. [Country Roads] Reference
As a candidate, he can appear slightly overproduced, a little too smooth for the hurly-burly of the hustings. From Wordnik.com. [Governor Romney, Meet Governor Romney] Reference
It will take place the Rockefeller estate at Tarrytown, so it will get away from the hurly-burly of New York. From Wordnik.com. [Press Briefing By Sandy Berger] Reference
She seceded from court because the court was swaggering and hurly-burly, with florid Marie-de-Medicis at its head. From Wordnik.com. [The House in Good Taste] Reference
An aimless ramble through the countryside used to be about as far as you could get from the hurly-burly of politics. From Wordnik.com. [Will We Ever Stop Global Warming?] Reference
Perhaps not the best illustration but I think we're pretty much left behind the hurly-burly of debate now on this one?. From Wordnik.com. [On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with...] Reference
For a quarter of a mile along the bank the glorious, maddening hurly-burly extends, and rolls up the side of the stream. From Wordnik.com. [The Ontario Readers: Fourth Book] Reference
And I'd just like to remind you of a couple of things that often get lost in the hurly-burly of daily events around here. From Wordnik.com. [President At Reception For Senator Dorgan] Reference
He took A. and myself into the procession which welcomed the crowned heads last Wednesday; the hurly-burly of it was splendid. From Wordnik.com. [An Englishwoman's Love-Letters] Reference
He retired in December 2002, but within a year he was back at his old job because he missed the hurly-burly of Wall Street life. From Wordnik.com. [Former Accountant Worked to Build] Reference
In this hurly-burly of many books and much reading, it is no mean problem to know why one should read; and what, and how, and when. From Wordnik.com. [Questionable Amusements and Worthy Substitutes] Reference
I made the point, Madam Speaker and Honourable Members, that we are increasingly defining crime outside the hurly-burly of party politics. From Wordnik.com. [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference
There, education reform questions whether the hurly-burly of American schools adequately equips children for the challenges of adult life. From Wordnik.com. [The Big Test] Reference
But the way that things turn out in the hurly-burly of the art world doesn't always match up with artists 'deepest and most philosophical intentions. From Wordnik.com. [Pop Art's Poppa] Reference
Here's the problem: the distinction between voter registration fraud and vote fraud is easily blurred and may be tough to handle in the debate hurly-burly. From Wordnik.com. [McCain: If I Bring Up Ayers At Debate, It Will Be Obama's Fault] Reference
It was the perfect call for Schilling, a hurly-burly throwback to another baseball era who has stymied everyone this postseason by throwing heat and then more heat. From Wordnik.com. [Starr Gazing: The Anxiety Of The Relief Pitcher] Reference
THE OCTAGON: Roosevelt Island sells itself on being part of New York City and yet separate, quarantined from the hurly-burly of Manhattan while still only a subway stop away. From Wordnik.com. [Building Stories: La Vie Boheme! Are Rentals the New Condos?] Reference
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