plural flurries
1
a
: a gust of wind
b
: a brief light snowfall
2
a
: a brief period of commotion or excitement
b
: a sudden occurrence of many things at once : barrage sense 2
a flurry of insults
3
: a brief advance or decline in prices : a short-lived outburst of trading activity
flurried; flurrying
: to cause to become agitated and confused
: to move in an agitated or confused manner
Examples of flurry in a Sentence
Noun
We had a few flurries yesterday.
a flurry of activity on the floor of the stock market as soon as the news spread
Verb
flurried by visions of falls and broken bones, the parents wouldn't even allow the child to ride a bike
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Noun
Senate Republicans steered the sweeping policy bill past a filibuster by using the protections of a process known as budget reconciliation, which also required the legislation to undergo a flurry of amendment votes that stretched from early Monday to lunchtime Tuesday.
—Morgan Chalfant, semafor.com, 1 July 2025
During the offseason, the Dallas Cowboys made a flurry of moves to bolster the cast of offensive weapons around Dak Prescott.
—Kevin McCormick, MSNBC Newsweek, 28 June 2025
Verb
The fattest, fluffiest snowflakes are flurrying and rapidly accumulating.
—R29 Team, Refinery29, 9 Apr. 2025
Models walked 6,500 feet above sea level as fresh snow flurried at the Moncler Grenoble fashion show.
—Nicole Fallert, USA TODAY, 18 Mar. 2025
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“Flurry.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/flurry. Accessed 4 Jul. 2025.
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flurry
1 of 2 noun
flur·ry
ˈflər-ē 
ˈflə-rē
plural flurries
1
a
: a gust of wind
b
: a brief light snowfall
2
: a sudden commotion
a flurry of publicity
3
: a brief outburst of activity
a flurry of trading in the stock exchange
flurry
2 of 2 verb
flurried; flurrying
: to become or cause to become agitated and confused
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