hubbub

The sun will set in less than an hour and a hubbub will emerge from the ghost-town houses and farms.
Whatever You Do Someone Will Die. A Short Story About Impossible Choices in Iraq|Nathan Bradley Bethea|August 31, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Has all the Twilight hubbub—the cultural obsession around it—given people an inaccurate sense of who you are as an actor?
Robert Pattinson’s Life After ‘Twilight’|Andrew Romano|June 13, 2014|DAILY BEAST
But as these athletes make such revelations, critics (and some supporters) say the hubbub is overblown.
The Jason Collins Effect: Yes, They Can|Nicholas McCarvel|April 29, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The hubbub is particularly disturbing because of this big un-secret that has not been much mentioned in this discussion.
Buy That Breast Milk!|Kent Sepkowitz|October 22, 2013|DAILY BEAST

In the end, after all the hubbub and within hours of their dramatic hallway confrontation, Aamira won.
An Appalling Welfare Proposal|Joshua DuBois|April 14, 2013|DAILY BEAST
The dinner was now wound up with coffee and cigarettes—not the least pleasing part to me—and a hubbub of chatting.
Strange Teas, Dinners, Weddings and Fetes|Various
Then came the usual scene of hubbub with the sheikh, the camels, the porters, and the drivers.
Miss Cayley's Adventures|Grant Allen
Surely the answer to all this hubbub of unmeaning words is the plainest possible.
The Miscellaneous Writings and Speeches of Lord Macaulay, Vol. 2 (of 4)|Thomas Babington Macaulay
There was a hubbub of excited exclamations, as the boat reached the little landing stage.
Bobby Blake on a Plantation|Frank A. Warner
The hubbub continued with renewed force, and only at dusk did stillness fall upon the city.
The Story of Perugia|Margaret Symonds

British Dictionary definitions for hubbub

hubbub

/ (ˈhʌbʌb) /

noun

a confused noise of many voices

uproar

Word Origin for hubbub

C16: probably from Irish hooboobbes; compare Scottish Gaelic ubub! an exclamation of contempt

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