All 5 Uses of
commotion
in
Flipped, by Wendelin Van Draanen
- That's when I heard a commotion up the hill and could see some big trucks parked up on Collier Street where the bus pulls in.†
p. 24.8commotion = noisy disturbance
- The vote caused quite a commotion.†
p. 132.1
- Then there's this big commotion, and all of a sudden Shelly and Miranda are standing right next to each other calling, "One-twenty-two ...fifty!†
p. 177.9
- Mrs. McClure was gushing into the microphone about the record-breaking bid when a big commotion broke out over by Miranda.†
p. 203.2 *
- Jon asked about my family, so I was telling him about my brothers and their band when a huge commotion broke out over at Bryce's table.†
p. 204.5
Definition:
a disturbance -- typically noisy