How to Use commotion in a Sentence

commotion

noun
  • There was a sudden commotion when the actress entered the restaurant.
  • Just then, there was a commotion on the lake.
    — David Wright Faladé, New Yorker, 28 Sep. 2025
  • There’s a huge commotion around us.
    — Eli Sharabi, Time, 1 Oct. 2025
  • No shove, no commotion, no clue.
    — Rosie Marder, Travel + Leisure, 7 Dec. 2025
  • No shove, no commotion, no clue.
    — Rosie Marder, Travel + Leisure, 13 Mar. 2026
  • Roger’s teen son heard the commotion and woke up the 7-year-old son.
    — Carol Robinson | [email protected], al, 16 Aug. 2023
  • The commotion would wake people up and draw them to the church.
    — Liza Weisstuch, Smithsonian Magazine, 27 Apr. 2021
  • Farah is looking for a calm home where there’s not a lot of commotion.
    — Linda McIntosh, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 Dec. 2021
  • One neighbor said the commotion from the fire woke her up.
    — Beret Leone, CBS News, 8 Dec. 2025
  • Michael heard the commotion from around the corner and met her there.
    — Jasmine Grant, Essence, 8 June 2020
  • The point was to disturb the peace, to cause commotion and strife.
    — John Patrick Leary, The New Republic, 10 June 2020
  • But Marfisee is used to the commotion.
    — Vanessa Romo, NPR, 14 Jan. 2026
  • Her friends heard the commotion and ran into the room.
    — Nick Lentz, CBS News, 10 Mar. 2026
  • What's all the commotion about?
    — Gabrielle Emanuel, NPR, 30 Jan. 2026
  • From his home, the commotion of the scene could still be heard in the distance.
    — Josiah Bates, Time, 13 Apr. 2022
  • Then, a group of people at the pool heard the commotion and rushed over to help.
    — Cameron Knight, Cincinnati.com, 27 June 2018
  • People got up off the floor to look around and try to see why there was a commotion.
    — Rebecca Morin, USA Today, 26 Apr. 2026
  • My father heard the commotion, walked over, and stood at the side of the pool.
    — Dwight Garner, Esquire, 13 Mar. 2018
  • All that commotion in response to a threat is, again, what shows up as swelling.
    — Erica Sloan, SELF, 30 Oct. 2024
  • There's been a lot of commotion coming from the bars and the store across the street.
    — Fox News, 9 Mar. 2018
  • There was so much commotion before the game.
    — Mack Brown, New York Times, 5 Mar. 2026
  • And for the next couple of minutes there was a huge amount of commotion.
    — Anchorage Daily News, 16 June 2018
  • All of the sudden there was this huge commotion on the other side of the door.
    — Roxanne Washington, cleveland.com, 11 Oct. 2017
  • Two men walking by notice the commotion and one of them steps up to grab a pack.
    — John D'anna, azcentral, 15 Mar. 2020
  • All the commotion around them was stifling.
    — Literary Hub, 27 Aug. 2025
  • The bear is likely confused and wants no part of the commotion.
    — Fox News, 21 Feb. 2020
  • My husband heard the commotion and hollered at me for yelling at his sister.
    — Jeanne Phillips, Dallas Morning News, 22 Feb. 2026
  • About this time the trainer returned to take charge of all the commotion.
    — Paula Allen, San Antonio Express-News, 5 Jan. 2018
  • The noise drew nearby neighbors to see what had caused the commotion.
    — Bradford Betz, Fox News, 9 May 2024
  • Then, June goes downstairs and finds the house in a state of commotion.
    — refinery29.com, 9 May 2018

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