Sample Sentences for
commotion
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  • Where were you all, didn't you hear the commotion?  (source)
    commotion = noisy disturbance
  • The cocker spaniel heard the commotion and he ran out from the barn to join the chase.  (source)
  • During the night's commotion, he had somehow lost track of the .38 revolver.  (source)
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  • Just then I heard growling, and a commotion off to one side.  (source)
    commotion = noisy disturbance
  • In the midst of the profound peace and general comfort which reign in America the commotions of municipal discord are unfrequent.†  (source)
  • The rage of the wolves was terrible to see, and the commotion they made filled all the forest.  (source)
  • To the Representatives of the Religious Society of the People called Quakers, or to so many of them as were concerned in publishing the late piece, entitled "THE ANCIENT TESTIMONY and PRINCIPLES of the People called QUAKERS renewed, with Respect to the KING and GOVERNMENT, and touching the COMMOTIONS now prevailing in these and other parts of AMERICA addressed to the PEOPLE IN GENERAL."†  (source)
  • His wife had come over when she heard the commotion.  (source)
  • People in cars honked home in tired commotions.†  (source)
  • People crane to see what the commotion is.†  (source)
  • Hunger, the fresh air, the calm quiet weather, after the commotions we had gone through, all contributed to give me a good appetite.†  (source)
  • A commotion stirs in the middle of the dance floor.†  (source)
  • He was aware that these battalions with their commotions were woven red and startling into the gentle fabric of softened greens and browns.†  (source)
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