How to Use commotion in a Sentence

commotion

noun

• There was a sudden commotion when the actress entered the restaurant.
• The golfer saw the commotion and came to the green area.
  — Alaska Dispatch News, 21 July 2017
• As Pai spoke, there was furtive commotion in the back of the room.
  — Andrew Rice, WIRED, 16 May 2018
• There's been a lot of commotion coming from the bars and the store across the street.
  — Fox News, 9 Mar. 2018
• The point was to disturb the peace, to cause commotion and strife.
  — John Patrick Leary, The New Republic, 10 June 2020
• My father heard the commotion, walked over, and stood at the side of the pool.
  — Dwight Garner, Esquire, 13 Mar. 2018
• From his home, the commotion of the scene could still be heard in the distance.
  — Josiah Bates, Time, 13 Apr. 2022
• Roger’s teen son heard the commotion and woke up the 7-year-old son.
  — Carol Robinson | [e-mail], al, 16 Aug. 2023
• Then, a group of people at the pool heard the commotion and rushed over to help.
  — Cameron Knight, Cincinnati.com, 27 June 2018
• The commotion would wake people up and draw them to the church.
  — Liza Weisstuch, Smithsonian Magazine, 27 Apr. 2021
• At the same time, the Pinos’ adult daughter came outside to see what was the cause of the commotion.
  — Tess Riski, Miami Herald, 18 July 2024
• All of the sudden there was this huge commotion on the other side of the door.
  — Roxanne Washington, cleveland.com, 11 Oct. 2017
• The commotion in the trees above his head was cacophonous.
  — Bernhard Warner, Fortune, 7 June 2021
• Then, June goes downstairs and finds the house in a state of commotion.
  — refinery29.com, 9 May 2018
• Michael heard the commotion from around the corner and met her there.
  — Jasmine Grant, Essence, 8 June 2020
• Campos had been in the building, patrolling the halls and was sent to the area of commotion.
  — Madison Park, CNN, 5 Oct. 2017
• There was a commotion on deck as the crew of maybe a dozen struggled to contain the blaze.
  — Elliot Ackerman, Wired, 26 Jan. 2021
• Have a nose for the football that often had James in the middle of the commotion?
  — Jay Paris, Forbes, 31 May 2021
• About this time the trainer returned to take charge of all the commotion.
  — Paula Allen, San Antonio Express-News, 5 Jan. 2018
• In the commotion, one of the teddy bears and posters put up for Anderson fell to the ground.
  — Washington Post, 22 July 2021
• The bear is likely confused and wants no part of the commotion.
  — Fox News, 21 Feb. 2020
• Lastly, in a busy cafe, the Galaxy Buds took out most of the commotion.
  — PCMAG, 24 July 2024
• When they were nearly finished, there was some commotion to the side of the grave.
  — Photographs and Text By Ivor Prickett, New York Times, 17 Oct. 2017
• The lip on the frog chugs and throws water so a small twitch can still produce a lot of commotion.
  — Max Inchausti, Field & Stream, 28 Feb. 2023
• And for the next couple of minutes there was a huge amount of commotion.
  — Anchorage Daily News, 16 June 2018
• The commotion and smell of blood rouses the dog, Murphy.
  — Lizz Schumer, Peoplemag, 20 June 2024
• The light and commotion caused the mountain lion to retreat about 20 feet from the couple in the hot tub.
  — Jon Haworth, ABC News, 21 Mar. 2023
• Sarah has been filled with commotion — and squeak toys.
  — Paul Solotaroff, Rolling Stone, 4 July 2022
• Midway through the call, there's some commotion in the background, and a man can be heard telling the nurse to cancel the call.
  — Dhruv Mehrotra, Wired News, 25 June 2025
• There were two other roommates in the home at the time of the killings that both survived and reported seeing the suspect and hearing commotion that night.
  — Gabe Whisnant hollie Silverman, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 June 2025