How to Use kerfuffle in a Sentence

kerfuffle

noun
  • But the kerfuffle around Hicks was the last thing on his mind.
    Scott Nover, Washington Post, 27 Aug. 2019
  • This film comes on the tail of the Michael Wolff book and the media kerfuffle over that.
    Julia Felsenthal, Vogue, 17 Jan. 2018
  • A kerfuffle ensued about whether the Africans had the right to take a lunch break.
    Namwali Serpell, The New Yorker, 11 Mar. 2017
  • If anything, the kerfuffle just proves how young the field is.
    Megan Molteni, WIRED, 2 Apr. 2018
  • Waters did not refer to the Floyd kerfuffle in his live speech to the UN.
    Chris Willman, Variety, 8 Feb. 2023
  • Then, when Charlotte was in the sixth form, there was a kerfuffle at the surgery and Marlene lost her job.
    Tessa Hadley, The New Yorker, 21 Mar. 2022
  • This has caused, to put it mildly, no end of kerfuffle.
    Josef Adalian, Vulture, 14 Sep. 2023
  • There was some kerfuffle as the judges each dug into the box for their numbers.
    Charles Trepany, USA TODAY, 18 Aug. 2022
  • Take the kerfuffle over the dish prepared by White House chefs last month for a state dinner.
    James Karst, NOLA.com, 6 May 2018
  • And that caused a brief kerfuffle on the Senate floor Friday.
    oregonlive, 26 Sep. 2020
  • There’s a kerfuffle when a cow steals a bunch of bananas and, up the street towards the old fort, the gunmaker is putting Purdey’s to shame.
    Victoria Mather, A-LIST, 20 June 2018
  • Cruz summed up his thoughts about the Big Bird kerfuffle with a tweet Saturday night.
    Los Angeles Times, 8 Nov. 2021
  • The talks were preceded by a kerfuffle over the Blazer this spring.
    David Welch, Los Angeles Times, 1 Aug. 2019
  • On April 4, the team engaged in the whole kerfuffle with a long, funny, and heartfelt thread about Keiley.
    Chloe Foussianes, Town & Country, 4 Apr. 2019
  • Lewis is none too happy when his pal gets the jump and fires the guy first, but perhaps that’s quid pro quo for season one’s bracelet kerfuffle.
    Larry Fitzmaurice, Vulture, 8 Apr. 2024
  • For now, the research is still basic enough, and exploratory enough, that there hasn’t been any cause for a kerfuffle.
    IEEE Spectrum, 22 Aug. 2023
  • Most of the kerfuffle was not about the money, but rather the wording of the post, which essentially called non-paying users thieves.
    Scott Gilbertson, Ars Technica, 28 Dec. 2018
  • The Kissimmee kerfuffle has roots in the bad blood between Espinosa and Cariño.
    Natalia Jaramillo, Orlando Sentinel, 3 Aug. 2024
  • A glimpse into the process came to light after a Facebook kerfuffle erupted in June.
    Domenica Bongiovanni, Indianapolis Star, 26 Aug. 2017
  • That caused a kerfuffle, too, as the airport card machine wasn’t working.
    Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 18 Jan. 2024
  • Still, as the kerfuffle with the Eagles song demonstrates, Salazar’s schtick isn’t without its hurdles.
    Morgan Enos, Rolling Stone, 17 Aug. 2024
  • Thanks in part to this kerfuffle, the Palapa is selling briskly in Mexico, and may soon be retailed abroad.
    Linda Dyett, The Seattle Times, 16 Aug. 2018
  • Trump’s current kerfuffle with the NFL targets Trump’s base, many of whom love their flag and want to keep politics out of football.
    Alex Hindman, Fortune, 29 Sep. 2017
  • So what’s with the kerfuffle over breaded chicken slathered with tomato sauce and melted cheese?
    Mike Cherney, WSJ, 2 Aug. 2018
  • The movie is a beastly thing, and proud of it—a gaily sadistic kerfuffle, from which all traces of tenderness have been expunged.
    Anthony Lane, The New Yorker, 5 Aug. 2022
  • Tune in to find out what various kerfuffles the quirky former hostage and her New York motley crew are causing this year.
    Noor Brara, Vogue, 21 May 2018
  • All this highlights a reality that’s easy to forget in the midst of a juicy quitting kerfuffle.
    Sarah Todd, Quartz at Work, 24 July 2019
  • The kerfuffle over the article has also piqued the interest of the school’s language experts.
    Anne Quito, Quartz, 24 June 2022
  • Even before that kerfuffle, the CPSC had launched a task force about gas stoves and indoor air quality.
    Jeff Brady, NPR, 13 Sep. 2024
  • The kerfuffle resulted in the firing of the show’s curator and to several other high-level departures.
    News Desk, Artforum, 15 Aug. 2024

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