How to Use flurry in a Sentence

flurry

1 of 2 noun
  • We had a few flurries yesterday.
  • Along with all that has, once again, come a flurry of new dance tracks.
    — Katie Bain, Billboard, 21 July 2023
  • Now, it's led to a flurry of lawsuits.
    — Patrick Damp, CBS News, 18 June 2026
  • The killings have also left in their wake a flurry of questions.
    — Zoe Sottile, CNN Money, 4 Oct. 2025
  • Her two-goal flurry was followed by a goal from Woodard.
    — Jason Cooke, Boston Herald, 8 June 2026
  • Ibeh delivered a flurry of shots, which caused the crowd to buzz.
    — Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 1 Feb. 2026
  • The Ducks quickly flipped the script with their midgame flurry.
    — Oc Register, 11 Mar. 2026
  • Can’t rule out a flurry or snow shower during the evening or overnight.
    — Molly Robey, Washington Post, 17 Dec. 2023
  • Light snow flurries were falling.
    — Jack Perry, The Providence Journal, 25 Mar. 2026
  • That ignited a flurry of points for both teams.
    — Mike Waters, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 29 Aug. 2025
  • That’s the sharpest flurry of rate increases in four decades.
    — Paul Davidson, USA TODAY, 20 June 2023
  • Calm winds are expected with a chance of flurries.
    — Marina Johnson, Louisville Courier Journal, 27 Jan. 2026
  • Our highs will then be near the freezing mark for the end of the week, with a few flurries around.
    — Mary Ours, CBS News, 8 Feb. 2026
  • Any evening clouds or stray flurries should clear quickly for plenty of stars overnight.
    — A. Camden Walker, Washington Post, 17 Mar. 2024
  • The flurry of summer comes to an end and routine returns.
    — Evie Carrick, Travel + Leisure, 12 Sep. 2025
  • Chen said the group has seen a flurry of substantial payouts since then.
    — David Wilson, Daily News, 7 Jan. 2026
  • Three horsemen burst forth from the ranch, setting off a flurry of gunfire.
    — Davis Winkie, USA Today, 14 Oct. 2025
  • But Yamal's opener sparked a flurry of first-half goals.
    — CBS News, 21 June 2026
  • The transfer came last week amid a flurry of personnel changes.
    — Los Angeles Times, 17 Mar. 2026
  • Clearly, changes needed to be made, and the team made a flurry of coaching moves.
    — Aaliyan Mohammed, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Oct. 2025
  • Mild with occasional snow flurries, but calm most of the week.
    — Joe Edwards, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 Oct. 2025
  • But rarely anything hit the net during that seven-plus-minute flurry.
    — Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 30 Oct. 2025
  • A couple flurries are possible in our area - that's about it.
    — Cutter Martin, CBS News, 30 Jan. 2026
  • The teen-ager looks around for any flurries of white—as the birds’ bright stomachs can be spotted against the dark.
    — Jessica Bishopp, The New Yorker, 8 Nov. 2023
  • In a tunnel of thick black smoke, flurries of glowing red embers raced across the road, out to sea.
    — Noah Haggerty, Los Angeles Times, 8 Jan. 2026
  • His flurry of floaters, midrange jumpers and triples landed like haymakers.
    — Hunter Patterson, New York Times, 12 May 2026
  • Tehran issued a new map and a flurry of statements that sought to reassert its control.
    — Yuliya Talmazan, NBC news, 4 May 2026
  • Lawyers on both sides of the case filed a flurry of legal motions on Thursday.
    — Thomas Fuller, New York Times, 25 Aug. 2023
  • Then, in a powerful flurry of snow and ice, a polar bear erupted from a hole in the snow.
    — Scott Haugen, Outdoor Life, 4 Feb. 2026
  • The Broncos show so much potential, but cannot stop the flurry of flags.
    — Troy Renck, Denver Post, 12 Oct. 2025

flurry

2 of 2 verb
  • In both, vast windows open up on the landscape that flurries past.
    — Elle Benson Easton, Travel + Leisure, 2 Nov. 2024
  • In the event of a crisis, such as when snow flurries close schools, weather is all over the news.
    — Bonnie Blodgett, Twin Cities, 11 Mar. 2017
  • City Council staffers flurried to do the same for their bosses.
    — Denice Ross, Slate Magazine, 21 Sep. 2017
  • Until, that is, a gust of wind sends flurrying snow directly into his face.
    — Tommy Tuberville, Newsweek, 8 Jan. 2025
  • During the day, as guests flurry between classes and treatments, all roads can lead to The Roost for coffees and snacks.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 29 June 2026
  • Even after a miniature Hornets flurry, the Warriors built their lead up to 18.
    — Danny Emerman, The Mercury News, 30 Mar. 2024
  • Setting the tone, images of snow flurried on screens above the runway, which was set up around plastic sculptures resembling melting ice.
    — Washington Post, 13 Jan. 2020
  • In nearly all snow-prone parts of the country, expect higher-than-usual rates of snowfall, with an early start and late end to flurry season.
    — Karla Walsh, Country Living, 1 Sep. 2023
  • Metro Detroit can expect mostly cloudy skies on Tuesday, with a light snow shower or flurry possible.
    — Karen Carter, CBS News, 17 Mar. 2026
  • Perhaps another passing shower or two, potentially changing to a snow flurry late.
    — A. Camden Walker, Washington Post, 29 Dec. 2023
  • This year’s Stanley Cup Final comes down to a pair of dominant sides with flurrying momentum.
    — Steven Louis Goldstein, New York Times, 2 June 2026
  • Models walked 6,500 feet above sea level as fresh snow flurried at the Moncler Grenoble fashion show.
    — Nicole Fallert, USA TODAY, 18 Mar. 2025
  • As the evening progressed, chatter from Club members new and old flurried up to the ceiling, drowning any sound of the capricious London weather.
    — Eoghan O'Donnell, Vogue, 18 July 2024
  • Typically colder spots north and west of town have a slight chance of seeing a non-accumulating snow shower or flurry as the precipitation moves in.
    — A. Camden Walker, Washington Post, 7 Jan. 2024
  • Boston flurried just before the half, getting six points from Morris in the final minute to trim Cleveland's lead to 55-48 at the break.
    — Kyle Hightower, Houston Chronicle, 16 May 2018
  • Boston flurried just before the half, getting six points from Morris in the final minute to trim Cleveland's lead to 55-48 at the break.
    — Kyle Hightower, courant.com, 15 May 2018
  • The university had scrambled to set up banks of portable toilets, a large screen on the lawn to simulcast what was happening onstage in the chapel and heat lamps, when the temperature dropped and snow began to flurry.
    — Ruth Graham Jesse Barber, New York Times, 23 Feb. 2023
  • Fishing the morning of the snow flurries this past week, Captain Mike Carter still managed to find a Guntersville giant for his clients--big bass of the trip was well over 8 pounds!
    — Frank Sargeant, AL.com, 15 Mar. 2018
  • Rumors flurrying For the past week, rumors swirled throughout the metro about Monday being the day legislators would vote to lock down a STAR bond offer to lure the team over the state line.
    — Kansas City Star, 22 Dec. 2025
  • Meanwhile, a team of flat-out-astounding camera-handlers and stagehands flurried around her like puppeteers around a hypercomplex marionette, turning an almost-empty stage into a Technicolor whirlwind of character and story.
    — Sara Holdren, Vulture, 4 Dec. 2025

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