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"Thank you," replied Tavia as she hurried to secure an envelope that had flurried to the floor from the depths of her muff.

From Dorothy Dale's Queer Holidays by Penrose, Margaret

Indeed, when he came to think of it, he had not seen any matches in the room, and he had not brought any with him, his wife had flurried him so much.

From Scottish Ghost Stories by O'Donnell, Elliott

There was something working within him which had flurried him, in spite of the tranquillity of his idle seat.

From Phineas Redux by Trollope, Anthony

The crowd had flurried him, and he was perspiring more profusely than usual.

From Gabriel Tolliver A Story of Reconstruction by Harris, Joel Chandler