All 5 Uses of
commotion
in
Atonement, by Ian McEwan
- 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.†
Chpt 1 *commotion = noisy disturbance
- There was the sound of a commotion directly below Briony's window, and of Emily Tallis's voice calling sharply, and suddenly a figure was running toward the car as fast as was possible in a tight dress.†
Chpt 1
- Up ahead where the land began to drop there was a junction with a back road and some kind of commotion was taking place.†
Chpt 2
- The commotion of the passing French column had covered the sound, but they were easy enough to see.†
Chpt 2
- He was sitting, propped by several pillows, watching the commotion around him with a kind of abstracted childlike wonder.†
Chpt 3
Definition:
a disturbance -- typically noisy