Flurries vs Flurried - What's the difference?
flurries | flurried |
(flurry)
A brief snowfall.
A sudden and brief blast or gust; a light, temporary breeze.
A shower of dust, leaves etc. brought on by a sudden gust of wind.
Any sudden activity; a stir.
* {{quote-book, year=1963, author=(Margery Allingham), title=(The China Governess)
, chapter=10 * 1998 , Gillian Catriona Ramchand, Deconstructing the Lexicon , in Miriam Butt and Wilhelm Geuder, eds. “The Projection of Arguments”
* {{quote-news, year=2011, date=January 8, author=Chris Bevan, title=Arsenal 1 - 1 Leeds
, work=BBC A snack consisting of soft ice cream with small pieces of fruit, cookie, etc.
* 1988 , K. Wayne Wride, Fruit Treats'' (in ''Vegetarian Times number 134, October 1988, page 27)
* 2002 , Tampa Bay Magazine (volume 17, number 3, May-June 2002, page 235)
The violent spasms of a dying whale.
To agitate, bewilder, disconcert.
* 1897 , Henry James, What Maisie Knew :
To move or fall in a flurry.
As verbs the difference between flurries and flurried
is that flurries is third-person singular of flurry while flurried is past tense of flurry.As a noun flurries
is plural of lang=en.flurried
English
Verb
(head)flurry
English
Noun
(flurries)- a flurry of wind
citation, passage=With a little manœuvring they contrived to meet on the doorstep which was […] in a boiling stream of passers-by, hurrying business people speeding past in a flurry of fumes and dust in the bright haze.}}
- These [argument structure] modifications are important because they have provoked a flurry of investigation into argument structure operations of merger, demotion etc.
citation, passage=The Championship highflyers almost got their reward for a resilient performance on their first visit to the Emirates, surviving a flurry of first-half Arsenal chances before hitting back with a classic sucker punch.}}
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Verb
(en-verb)- She was flurried by the term with which he had qualified her gentle friend, but she took the occasion for one to which she must in every manner lend herself.