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  • God, there was such joy and fear there, such brilliant commotion.†   (source)
  • There's quite a commotion going on down in the streets, music and singing and car horns, none of which I could hear through the thick glass window panels in my room.†   (source)
  • It was while he was visiting one afternoon in September 2001 that there was a great commotion and other people started arriving.†   (source)
  • You have caused a commotion.†   (source)
  • What's all this commotion?" said another familiar voice as Percy Weasley arrived.†   (source)
  • He wondered if he should try to scramble out of the hole before the lizards turned on him, but he didn't want to cause any commotion.†   (source)
  • That's when she sees the commotion out of her window.†   (source)
  • Lori heard the commotion and came running.†   (source)
  • As Louie and Phil lay in their cells one day, they heard a commotion outside, the clamoring sounds of a mob.†   (source)
  • But once a year, they all smiled indulgently at the commotion from the little ones waiting to receive their names and families.†   (source)
  • I think it was on to drown out all the commotion the pink Lady Kenmore washer was making on the porch.†   (source)
  • Did she have any idea of how much anxiety and commotion she had caused?†   (source)
  • Gar had, if anything, repelled commotion, even happy commotion, in favor of a passionate orderliness.†   (source)
  • Only Leonardo ignored the commotion.†   (source)
  • I started to explain Vince's plan, but before I could finish there was a loud commotion in the main hallway.†   (source)
  • By this point, the commotion had apparently awakened the guests on the fifth floor, as several came tromping down the stairs to see what all the fuss was about.†   (source)
  • A few days after the funeral, I walked onto Mamaw's front porch, looked down the street, and saw an incredible commotion.†   (source)
  • Lale looks over at the towers surrounding the compound and notices the guards on full alert, training their rifles down into the compound where the men and women are making a commotion.†   (source)
  • He'd caused a commotion on that Greyhound bus in New Jersey trying to get away from his captor (and afterward, witnesses would even swear they had seen the leather-clad man on the bus—"Why didn't I remember him before?"†   (source)
  • The commotion caused a stir, and neighbors began to look out their windows to see what was going on.†   (source)
  • So what was all this commotion?†   (source)
  • — I was apologizing again to the daughter for what the court officials had done the day before when suddenly there was a commotion at the courtroom door.†   (source)
  • She started to tell him something Babi had said, about the troublesome marriage of guns and ego, when she heard a commotion coming from the house.†   (source)
  • King George squawked and circled above the commotion.†   (source)
  • Mrs. McClure was gushing into the microphone about the record-breaking bid when a big commotion broke out over by Miranda.†   (source)
  • In the midst of all the commotion Mr. Dimming seemed to get an inspiration.†   (source)
  • In truth, as Thomas silently watched the commotion, he didn't feel nearly as panicked or frightened as his instincts told him he ought to be.†   (source)
  • Lillian McLeroy came out on her front steps to water her plants and get a closer look at the commotion in Monterey Square.†   (source)
  • The commotion continued.†   (source)
  • It wasn't much of a distance, but from here it felt like all the commotion from my house was miles away.†   (source)
  • One after another the doors of the portables opened and the teachers looked out, staring into the dense rain, trying to spot the cause of all this commotion.†   (source)
  • The commotion within me went on, but at a lower volume, as if someone had turned down my dial.†   (source)
  • George thought that Phoebe had gone to the promenade deck—that she'd been woken up by the commotion with the ice and figured that George had gone out to see what was happening.†   (source)
  • He stood for a moment in the center of the commotion, watching the techs weave the string across the hallways and between banks of lockers and into doorways.†   (source)
  • Also, I thought it was just an expression—"wailing like a banshee"—and I couldn't imagine why Owen remembered my grandmother's commotion with such importance.†   (source)
  • The bell rings and the cafeteria becomes a whirlwind of commotion, but I can't move.†   (source)
  • He heard some sort of commotion outside and turned back to the window.†   (source)
  • Everyone seemed to be moving in the opposite direction than her ....toward the commotion.†   (source)
  • Brinker and three cohorts came with much commotion into our room at 10:05 P.M. that night.†   (source)
  • Both of them turned at the commotion, and Allie was glad for the distraction.†   (source)
  • There was a big commotion when they arrived.†   (source)
  • The commotion was dying down.†   (source)
  • Finally, after what seems like an eternity, I hear a commotion out in the hall.†   (source)
  • Robbie wanted to know why Marshall had not mentioned the matter before if Lola had been so badly harmed, but the table was now in commotion.†   (source)
  • He might come in himself and see what the commotion is all about for he hasn't been in the G.P.O. since he was a boy and the English nearly wrecked it with their big guns firing up from the Liffey River.†   (source)
  • The dogs barked loudly and ferociously at all the screaming and commotion in front of them.†   (source)
  • Tita was grateful to Pulque who again rescued her from an awkward situation, since the incredible commotion that broke out on the patio kept her from having to continue this conversation with Paquita.†   (source)
  • The cause of all the commotion sat serenely, his rapt, innocent gaze never straying from the minister's face, his hand still cupped over the imprisoned fly.†   (source)
  • In all the commotion of attending to her, George Harvey slipped between the Revolutionary War gravestones behind the church and walked away without being noticed.†   (source)
  • Not to cause a commotion.†   (source)
  • Baby Kochamma, walking past the kitchen, heard the commotion.†   (source)
  • A sudden commotion destroyed the moment: the door flew open and two angry men wearing the coarse faded-blue robes and belts of the Cruxwan University burst into the room, thrusting aside the ineffectual flunkie who tried to bar their way.†   (source)
  • Some commotion below broke into her thoughts.†   (source)
  • "We couldn't—that is to say he was very determined — he slipped right by the desk before —" Commotion in the hall.†   (source)
  • A huge commotion in the Annex!†   (source)
  • When seven migrants ran from the train one evening and were arrested outside his church, Villanueva ran toward the commotion.†   (source)
  • Rachel and Carol have paused momentarily in their conversation, are listening to the commotion in the street.†   (source)
  • After a few minutes I leaned against the bedroom door to better hear what the commotion was all about.†   (source)
  • Up ahead of us we hear a great commotion, several grunts followed by clanking of chains.†   (source)
  • He was diverted from his discomfort by a commotion in the hall.†   (source)
  • She felt a commotion among the guests behind her.†   (source)
  • But the commotion around me allowed Clavo and Chicharron to walk out with the items they took.†   (source)
  • The kids, startled awake by the clatter and under-the-breath expletives, had stuck their heads out of the tent trailer to see what all the commotion was about.†   (source)
  • Your father and I locked the door, hid under the bed, and laughed at the commotion.†   (source)
  • No commotion in the background.†   (source)
  • Just as we were reaching the car, we heard a commotion coming from the woods.†   (source)
  • Actually, in the commotion that followed Fenton's collapse, I had slipped out and had a frightening few minutes in a back hallway.†   (source)
  • I felt myself being dragged backward by Mr. Bekku; I heard women's voices and quite a bit of commotion.†   (source)
  • Dede was the first to rush out when they heard the commotion in the front yard.†   (source)
  • There is little commotion, no doctors or nurses scurrying down the halls.†   (source)
  • More commotion.†   (source)
  • By now there was a lot of commotion.†   (source)
  • I opened the door, expecting the usual commotion, but today the house was noticeably quiet.†   (source)
  • The commotion brought a neighbor, William J. Chalmers, who folded his coat under Harrison's head.†   (source)
  • This afternoon they were making such a commotion I could hear them down on the street.†   (source)
  • Everyone's attention seemed riveted on the center of the line of soldiers where a big commotion was taking place.†   (source)
  • Finally, as I'd hoped, the commotion of putting ant commenced before daylight.†   (source)
  • There was a commotion in the British ranks, and a quick fusillade of shots.†   (source)
  • I was having a perfectly lovely morning, but as I parked the car there was some sort of commotion outside the Hipwelis' place there are photographers there all the time now —and there she was.†   (source)
  • Billy had rolled himself into the doorway to see what all the commotion was about.†   (source)
  • He was proud that he had made up a new word, and he enjoyed thinking about all the commotion it had stirred up.†   (source)
  • When it was time for Zhang and me to leave, our friends fought over carrying our luggage to the jeep, and in the commotion the Bandit quietly shuffled something into my hand.†   (source)
  • In one myth, the goddess manna goes to Eridu and tricks Enki into giving her ninety-four me and brings them back to her home town of Uruk, where they are greeted with much commotion and rejoicing.†   (source)
  • Unaware of the commotion in the courtyard, she was led by instinct directly to the corner where the cage had been set down.†   (source)
  • And there was am unbelievable commotion as chairs were scraped back and we all hit the floor in the straight-arm rest position.†   (source)
  • The commotion had a way of drawing in the rest of the neighborhood.†   (source)
  • She turned her head and saw, a hand's breadth from her eyes, those other glacial eyes, that livid face, those lips petrified with fear, just as she had seen them in the crowd at Midnight Mass the first time he was so close to her, but now, instead of the commotion of love, she felt the abyss of disenchantment.†   (source)
  • They looked out of the window at the commotion down at the bridge.†   (source)
  • Even from this distance I could hear the commotion on the bridge.†   (source)
  • I was opening my mouth to explain that I had thrown a bunch of dead larkspur in the sink, and that some of the vases I had weeded out looked skimpy, there were so few flowers left, so I had joined a few of the bouquets together to fill them out, when the swinging door flew open and a nurse stalked in to see what the commotion was.†   (source)
  • A great commotion, Muad'Dib," the watcher hissed.†   (source)
  • There's so much noise and commotion down here.†   (source)
  • The woman's hair had gotten ruffled in the commotion, and now, with her bangs swept aside, the scar on her forehead was plainly visible.†   (source)
  • She came two steps at a time upstairs, and pushed aside Jim—groggy with sleep and wondering what all the commotion was about.†   (source)
  • Which would be okay except that she's also oblivious to the commotion that my presence is creating along Ninth Avenue, which is full of bars and people loitering and smoking in front of them.†   (source)
  • Do you imagine that by creating so much commotion in the kitchen and by stamping back and forth like this outside my parlour you will get me to change my mind?†   (source)
  • It seemed only minutes later that I was surrounded by noise and commotion.†   (source)
  • The freaks made a commotion of blinks and glares.†   (source)
  • To make a commotion.†   (source)
  • A spot that had for generations been at the center of tumult and loud commotion now was desolate and quiet, except for an occasional car driving past to a nearby industrial park.†   (source)
  • There was suddenly a tremendous commotion at the door, sobbing and screaming, but Eric did not react until he saw the change in Richard's face, and heard Cass' cry.†   (source)
  • When Rhonda announced that her air was shutting down, it caused a commotion.†   (source)
  • The commotion brings Cesar (I assume) to the front door.†   (source)
  • Throwing the covers back, I rush out of bed and run down the stairs to see what the commotion is all about.†   (source)
  • Hema, Ghosh, Shiva were behind me, and even Genet, hearing the commotion, had dragged herself there.†   (source)
  • So we ran downstairs to see what the commotion was about.†   (source)
  • He had lost his son in the commotion.†   (source)
  • That was Adrian, the bouncer, too late as usual for the real commotion but always up for a chance to throw his little bit of power around.†   (source)
  • (There is a sudden commotion from the street and she goes to the window to look out) What on earth is going on out there†   (source)
  • IT WAS NOT, in point of fact, her Westley that was causing the commotion out front.†   (source)
  • Like other students, Cedric kept himself apprised of the morning's commotion, but he had other business to occupy him.†   (source)
  • The only commotion was caused by Jasper, who charged the river at a gallop and caused his horse to stumble and nearly fall.†   (source)
  • I was wondering how to maneuver Maureen's fur muff into a gutter when a commotion in the playground distracted us.†   (source)
  • "I heard the commotion," he said.†   (source)
  • But who— Bat's reply was swallowed in the commotion.†   (source)
  • The whole of New York was "in commotion," wrote Pastor Shewkirk.†   (source)
  • There was nearly as much commotion over the saving of the sinners as there had been during the gratifying melodic sermon.†   (source)
  • I was scrambling down yet another steep incline when from a copse below I heard a commotion—yelling, then a little lull, then yells again.†   (source)
  • When you get close to a lapwing's nest, the little bird makes a great commotion to lead you away so you won't notice its young.†   (source)
  • The two sisters swore and spat at each other now savagely, raising a fluent, deafening commotion that brought a whole crowd of hilarious spectators swarming into the room.†   (source)
  • We see a column of smoke rising from a hilltop slum and we rush there, to see a crowd circling some kind of commotion in the center.†   (source)
  • Richter's and Miss Awolowo's voices rang out above the commotion.†   (source)
  • People turned their heads to see the source of the commotion.†   (source)
  • Mau lay on top of the log until the commotion died down.†   (source)
  • Amid the commotion, our eyes met.†   (source)
  • There was a commotion downstairs, then footsteps.†   (source)
  • Inside, JFK heard the commotion, quickly pulled on his robe, and fled the pool just before he could be caught.†   (source)
  • In the middle of the commotion the Sackville-Bagginses arrived.†   (source)
  • Iwas hurrying back to the barracks when I heard a great commotion inside the mess hall, men shouting wildly, as if a fire had broken out.†   (source)
  • Silver stopped short in fear and the crow seemed to dance before him, its great black wings flapping in a horrible commotion.†   (source)
  • Just then, there was a commotion from the courtyard.†   (source)
  • I realize now this must have been staged, but at the time the commotion that arose at the front of the building drove Sukeena and me to the rear, in hopes of escaping the melee.†   (source)
  • Tom heard a commotion by the front doors.†   (source)
  • And besides the public knew who was who in the picture at the time and didn't want no last minute commotion.†   (source)
  • Then, like a gift from God, there's a commotion outside.†   (source)
  • His discovery had caused a huge commotion.†   (source)
  • I was focused on Emma as she dialed, but then a commotion broke out behind me and I turned to see a crimson-faced man waving an umbrella at us.†   (source)
  • Looking up, she saw me, smiled and said, "What's all the commotion outside, honey?†   (source)
  • Before the commotion had settled down another teacher had stuck his head in the door to see what the trouble was.†   (source)
  • Then all is commotion.†   (source)
  • I ran to see what the commotion was about.†   (source)
  • Their plan was to use a hundred or so devoted followers to start a commotion across the green as the tribesmen were being led from the courthouse to the jail.†   (source)
  • ONE NIGHT, when I was nine years old, I was aware of a commotion in the household.†   (source)
  • There's liable to be quite a commotion when I announce you.†   (source)
  • ...Neither was the commotion around a newspaper kiosk at the second corner.†   (source)
  • Ramon and Rafael Sr. rushed to the door to see the cause of the commotion.†   (source)
  • Inside, there's a commotion in the kids' room.†   (source)
  • Cars brake and screech but his mother doesn't notice the commotion.†   (source)
  • He was different, on a separate channel, free from the commotion of the daylight crowd.†   (source)
  • With all the commotion and activity going on around me, I can still remember watching the guys drag his body down the stairs.†   (source)
  • There was a commotion under the hawthorn trees; then the Pelaw lads started squealing.†   (source)
  • Once they reached our house, the usual commotion commenced.†   (source)
  • At first he and Phil didn't get what the commotion at the American Airlines counter was about.†   (source)
  • There was a commotion while Mr. Smith disassociated hisself from the bench he was on and come walking down the aisle.†   (source)
  • Hengorot immediately burst into commotion as the men dashed from their seats and scrambled to join the assembling groups of their respective tribes.†   (source)
  • Estevan and Esperanza, I realized, had been sitting together on the ottoman the whole time, more or less on the fringe of all the commotion.†   (source)
  • On nearby porches and lawns, no one had yet been drawn outside by the commotion.†   (source)
  • When I walk in, the main office is a mass of commotion.†   (source)
  • With all the commotion, I find I can get closer to the house, right up against the blue barricades that bar the short driveway.†   (source)
  • The worst part was that during all the commotion, I burned my frozen pizza.†   (source)
  • He didn't bother to ask what all the commotion was about.†   (source)
  • There was commotion behind him.†   (source)
  • And what with Mama running after Little Arliss, hollering for him to shut up and quit throwing those rocks, it was altogether the biggest and loudest commotion that had taken place around our cabin for a good long while.†   (source)
  • There didn't seem to even be any in that part of the river, until a few minutes later, when there was a commotion from the other side of the boat.†   (source)
  • Until at last there was a commotion about the edges of the circle of which we were the inner ring.†   (source)
  • Through the open window, Natalie heard a great commotion in the distance, orders shouted, crying children, wailing women.†   (source)
  • All this commotion that's happening in the country?†   (source)
  • At the same time, Charley wanted to go—in fact, made such a commotion about going that I tried to reason with him.†   (source)
  • The train would be arriving in the riverside station, a dismal quay filled with heat, commotion, dust.†   (source)
  • Commotion in the weather and the inner feelings aroused by such a hovering disturbance emerged connected in dramatic form.†   (source)
  • Simultaneously ANNIE releases HELEN'S wrists, and the child again sinks to the floor, kicking and crying her weird noises; ANNIE steps over her to meet VINEY coming in the rear doorway with biscuits and a clean plate, surprised at the general commotion.†   (source)
  • All at once some kind of commotion broke out, over by the frozen-custard truck: a crowd shouting and running, someone howling "Police!"†   (source)
  • Some woman came in and heard the commotion and ran out and got Cappy.†   (source)
  • The room showed traces of the recent commotion.†   (source)
  • stood up suddenly and with a wailing and bellowing sob caught the hair at her temples and pulled, then flung her hands upward and outward: but upon this moment Andrew rushed and with desperate and brutal speed and silence, pulled the door shut, and Rufus was aware in the same instant that their own footstep and the wailing had caused a commotion on his left and, glancing as sharply into the sunlit room where his father lay, saw an incredibly dense crowd of soberly dressed people on weak, complaining chairs, catching his eye, looking past him, looking quickly away, trying to look as if they had not looked around.†   (source)
  • [A bustling is heard below, commotion, engine noises.†   (source)
  • But, although he sought to explain his objectives and reassure his friends of his continued opposition to slavery, he nevertheless insisted he would stand on the principle of my speech to the end...If necessary I will take the stump in every village in New England...What is to come of the present commotion in men's minds I cannot foresee; but my own convictions of duty are fixed and strong, and I shall continue to follow those convictions without faltering...In highly excited times it is far easier to fan and feed the flames of discord, than to subdue them; and he who counsels moderation is in danger of being regarded as failing in his duty to his party.†   (source)
  • "Well, like I say," the sergeant continued, "she takes out the Rough, and just when the Slickie moves in, Reich jets into Spaceland with a commotion."†   (source)
  • The rage of the wolves was terrible to see, and the commotion they made filled all the forest.   (source)
  • Even underwater I can hear the sounds of commotion.†   (source)
  • And in all that commotion, Dad had just sat there, reading his book.†   (source)
  • Something is happening: there's a commotion, a flurry among the shoals of cars.†   (source)
  • He made a real commotion, splashing and kicking, even shouting at the sharks.†   (source)
  • Later on that first day, there was a commotion in the West End.†   (source)
  • Could we slip away to sanctuary in the commotion?†   (source)
  • Behind them, Carvahall jumped to life as people tried to discover the source of the commotion.†   (source)
  • But then he heard a commotion in his backyard.†   (source)
  • There's a commotion and the crowd surges to the left.†   (source)
  • They might have heard the commotion and already be turning around.†   (source)
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