variants or hurry-skurry

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for hurry-scurry
Noun
  • Shannon moans right about the time Jenn walks out to see what the commotion is all about.
    Peter Larsen, Oc Register, 10 Oct. 2025
  • Glenn wasn’t met with cheers or the sounds of flashing cameras — there was a distinct lack of commotion.
    Zack Rosenblatt, New York Times, 9 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Tractor hayrides, a petting zoo, face painting and live entertainment are on deck while the kids can also go trick-or-treating with the local businesses, which participate in the fun.
    John Metcalfe, Mercury News, 16 Oct. 2025
  • This is not easy information for a kid to digest, and the filmmakers don’t always make their heavy themes as fun and palatable as in a Pixar flick.
    Jordan Mintzer, HollywoodReporter, 16 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Each one brings serious value without any fuss.
    PC Magazine, PC Magazine, 13 Oct. 2025
  • Fazit Looking to level up your makeup without the fuss?
    Annie Blackman, Allure, 9 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Cornell would arrive at the scene of these disturbances in a suit and tie, carrying a bag containing notepads, tape recorders, cameras and, on occasion, other, homemade instruments.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 20 Oct. 2025
  • The works, which were still under video surveillance, sat unopened all weekend, with no unusual disturbances recorded.
    Nicole Hoey, Robb Report, 17 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • There, the Enterprise crew will be strangely ignorant of an enemy that had caused Starfleet no end of bother just a few years earlier.
    Richard Edwards, Space.com, 7 Aug. 2025
  • Enjoying an excellent day in front of a vociferous home support at Royal Portrush in Northern Ireland, the 36-year-old found himself in a spot of bother when his tee shot at the par-four 11th curved into the rough on the right of the fairway.
    Jack Bantock, CNN Money, 19 July 2025
Noun
  • First Brands Group Holdings has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy, capping weeks of turmoil sparked by creditor concern over the auto-suppliers use of opaque off-balance sheet financing.
    Michael Wayland, CNBC, 20 Oct. 2025
  • Less than two years later, the Titans are in a state of turmoil.
    Jacob Camenker, USA Today, 19 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • To Cuomo, Mamdani is a young man in a hurry whose lack of experience should disqualify him from leading America's largest city.
    Christian Orozco, NBC news, 16 Oct. 2025
  • Both teams can put up points in a hurry.
    Matt Schubert, Denver Post, 15 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • First, despite tabloid headlines about Leto, such noise doesn’t factor into moviegoers’ decisions to buy or not buy a ticket; it could be argued most were not even in the know of the June Air Mail exposé on his alleged behavior.
    Anthony D'Alessandro, Deadline, 20 Oct. 2025
  • The outlet reported that noise from the construction was also audible on the White House's campus.
    Charlotte Phillipp, PEOPLE, 20 Oct. 2025
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“Hurry-scurry.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hurry-scurry. Accessed 23 Oct. 2025.

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