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- noun Plural form of
commotion .
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Examples
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Wars, and what the gospel writer Luke called "commotions," including acts of terror and protracted riots in more places, fill headlines-bringing more suffering and death.
The Real Truth 2009
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He clearly prophesied that Napoleon’s kingdom would be "thrown into confusion", that his "empire shall pass" from his hands, and that his people would experience great "commotions".
The Kitáb-i-Aqdas 1817-1892 Bah��'u'll��h 1854
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And what is more romantic than the upheavals and commotions of the life of Jacob?
That It Is More Admirable To Be a Decent Person Than Otherwise « Unknowing 2010
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Think of Hebrews 11 and ask yourself how much of a life without commotions you find in the people there listed.
That It Is More Admirable To Be a Decent Person Than Otherwise « Unknowing 2010
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As part of the alarmingly talented art-rock group Animal Collective, Panda Bear aka Noah Lennox started out playing spastic drums and issuing strange vocal commotions—yelps, yawps, and so forth—that made him sound more than a little unhinged.
Continental, Experimental Andy Battaglia 2011
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Is there any virtue which is not quiet, respectable, that makes life more pleasant by adding no commotions?
That It Is More Admirable To Be a Decent Person Than Otherwise « Unknowing 2010
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Decency is one of those quiet, respectable virtues that make life more pleasant by adding no commotions.
That It Is More Admirable To Be a Decent Person Than Otherwise « Unknowing 2010
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As part of the alarmingly talented art-rock group Animal Collective, Panda Bear aka Noah Lennox started out playing spastic drums and issuing strange vocal commotions—yelps, yawps, and so forth—that made him sound more than a little unhinged.
Continental, Experimental Andy Battaglia 2011
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It was the last place (for us) on earth where the agents of order might discover our commotions, and without inhibition, we thrived.
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Almighty, everlasting God, who dost look upon the earth and make it tremble, spare those who are afraid, and be merciful to those who pray to Thee: that we who fear Thine anger, which shaketh the the foundations of the earth, may always experience Thy mercy, which healeth its commotions.
Global Warming John 2008
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