How to Use commotion in a Sentence

commotion

noun

• There was a sudden commotion when the actress entered the restaurant.
• From his home, the commotion of the scene could still be heard in the distance.
  — Josiah Bates, Time, 13 Apr. 2022
• Roger’s teen son heard the commotion and woke up the 7-year-old son.
  — Carol Robinson | [e-mail], al, 16 Aug. 2023
• The commotion would wake people up and draw them to the church.
  — Liza Weisstuch, Smithsonian Magazine, 27 Apr. 2021
• At the same time, the Pinos’ adult daughter came outside to see what was the cause of the commotion.
  — Tess Riski, Miami Herald, 18 July 2024
• The commotion in the trees above his head was cacophonous.
  — Bernhard Warner, Fortune, 7 June 2021
• There was a commotion on deck as the crew of maybe a dozen struggled to contain the blaze.
  — Elliot Ackerman, Wired, 26 Jan. 2021
• Have a nose for the football that often had James in the middle of the commotion?
  — Jay Paris, Forbes, 31 May 2021
• In the commotion, one of the teddy bears and posters put up for Anderson fell to the ground.
  — Washington Post, 22 July 2021
• Lastly, in a busy cafe, the Galaxy Buds took out most of the commotion.
  — PCMAG, 24 July 2024
• The lip on the frog chugs and throws water so a small twitch can still produce a lot of commotion.
  — Max Inchausti, Field & Stream, 28 Feb. 2023
• The commotion and smell of blood rouses the dog, Murphy.
  — Lizz Schumer, Peoplemag, 20 June 2024
• The light and commotion caused the mountain lion to retreat about 20 feet from the couple in the hot tub.
  — Jon Haworth, ABC News, 21 Mar. 2023
• Sarah has been filled with commotion — and squeak toys.
  — Paul Solotaroff, Rolling Stone, 4 July 2022
• The fish curled around to the commotion and slid directly beneath the fly.
  — Colin Kearns, Field & Stream, 5 Oct. 2020
• For the record, Mickelson did not bring up any of the commotion.
  — San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 June 2021
• What’s all this commotion in the news about gas stoves being banned in the United States?
  — Better Homes & Gardens, 16 Feb. 2023
• Farah is looking for a calm home where there’s not a lot of commotion.
  — Linda McIntosh, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 Dec. 2021
• Even the sea gulls, whose cawing and mewling were so much a part of the commotion of the Bosporus, fell in line with this solemn tableau.
  — New York Times, 12 May 2022
• All that commotion in response to a threat is, again, what shows up as swelling.
  — Erica Sloan, SELF, 30 Oct. 2024
• The noise drew nearby neighbors to see what had caused the commotion.
  — Bradford Betz, Fox News, 9 May 2024
• Knightley, 37, arrived at the far-flung Chanel show to cause the most commotion.
  — Thomas Adamson, USA TODAY, 5 July 2022
• Ideally, the owl would be spooked by the commotion and fly right into the trap.
  — Andrea Sachs, Anchorage Daily News, 9 Mar. 2023
• Ramsay boys coach Denton Johnson saw the commotion on the sideline at the end of the girls game.
  — al, 14 Jan. 2023
• Keira Knightley, 37, arrived at the far-flung Chanel show to cause the most commotion.
  — Thomas Adamson, ajc, 5 July 2022
• Sensing the commotion and chaos, Aries began to hiss and growl.
  — Brett Steenbarger, Forbes, 20 May 2021
• There was all this commotion outside but he was trapped in that room.
  — Chicago Tribune, 22 Sep. 2022
• In the commotion, one of the empties gets hit and falls into a fence, toppling it and the stacks of tires behind it.
  — Nick Romano, EW.com, 19 Oct. 2020
• In a viral TikTok video, a woman can be seen sitting on the sofa, and there seems to be a commotion going on underneath her top.
  — Yaakov Katz, Newsweek, 28 Nov. 2024
• More commotion followed, as Sunny Hostin got up from her post to address the situation.
  — EW.com, 27 Nov. 2024

Last Updated: 21 Jan 2025