noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a flurry of excitement (= an occasion when there is suddenly a lot of excitement about something )
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The takeover bid has caused a flurry of excitement in the City.
a flurry of snow/a snow flurry (= when a small amount of snow blows around in the wind )
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The day was cold, with a few flurries of snow.
a flurry of snow/a snow flurry (= when a small amount of snow blows around in the wind )
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The day was cold, with a few flurries of snow.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
brief
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This brief flurry of brick-building will leave one with a house plus chimney, to be maintained just as before.
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November of 1920 brought another brief flurry of bright fireball activity.
recent
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He stepped out, and the cold from a recent snow flurry smacked him hard in the face.
sudden
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A sudden flurry , as of a dozen Multhrops simultaneously prostrating themselves, and the doors were flung open.
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In my memory there were prominent headlines and a sudden flurry of importance.
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There is a sudden flurry outside the main entrance, a Gothic porch.
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There was a sudden flurry in the long grass.
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Their noses and foreheads bump against each other; there is a sudden flurry of limbs, an absurd pantomime struggle.
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There was a sudden flurry of interest.
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A sudden snow flurry gives Nathan his first-ever view - if that is not a contradiction in terms - of a white-out.
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It was the sudden flurry of new interviews which had sparked off all this new speculation.
■ NOUN
snow
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A sudden snow flurry gives Nathan his first-ever view - if that is not a contradiction in terms - of a white-out.
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He stepped out, and the cold from a recent snow flurry smacked him hard in the face.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Colder temperatures and snow flurries are expected tonight.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Arsenal's breaks were few but always threatening and Oldham, after a first flurry , found openings increasingly elusive.
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During the flurry of action that followed the explosion of the mine, the bombardment of the city had continued.
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If this flurry of truth in advertising proves contagious, travelers could actually come to love flying again.
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It collapses to the floor, with the three struggling youths and a flurry of arms and legs.
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There was a flurry of imports to follow in the years to come.