All 4 Uses
commotion
in
Resistance by Nielsen
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- We were supposed to meet Papa at the corner outside his shoe repair shop, but then we heard a commotion nearby.†
p. 12.3 *commotion = noisy disturbance
- From the corner of my eye, I saw Esther throw her grenades too, though with all the commotion, I wasn't sure where they landed.†
p. 67.5
- In all the commotion of getting in here, I'd forgotten to take it off.†
p. 135.1
- The entire square was in commotion with soldiers and civilians rushing from their shops and buildings, bumping into one another in their rush to get away from whatever happened next.†
p. 214.1
Definitions:
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(1)
(commotion) a disturbance -- typically noisy
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)