hurly

How to use hurly in a sentence

• This hurly-burly,” said he, drawing her into a quiet eddy of the stream, “is no place for the communion of two twin souls.

  The Joyous Adventures of Aristide Pujol | William J. Locke

• The merchants were packing up their goods; housewives were secreting their silver; everywhere there was a hurly-burly.

  The Boys of '61 | Charles Carleton Coffin.

• In fact, there was a wild hurly-burly upon the bridge, which nearly deafened me.

  Lavengro | George Borrow

• In this hurly-burly of affright and excitement, the missionary compressed his lips to keep back the tugging smile.

  The Phantom of the River | Edward S. Ellis

• And everybody slept soundly; that isnt surprising after the hurly-burly of the night before last; we were tired out.

  Brother Jacques (Novels of Paul de Kock, Volume XVII) | Charles Paul de Kock