All 4 Uses
commotion
in
Marley & Me
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- Just as we were reaching the car, we heard a commotion coming from the woods.†
p. 9.6 *commotion = noisy disturbance
- As we stood there by the sink, arms around each other, eyes closed, I gradually became aware of a commotion at our feet.†
p. 36.2
- As alarmed voices cried out, the sunbathers propped themselves up to see what all the commotion was about.†
p. 204.3
- I worked from home that day and was upstairs in the bedroom, writing a column on my laptop computer, when I heard a commotion on the stairs.†
p. 264.2
Definitions:
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(1)
(commotion) a disturbance -- typically noisy
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)