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Definition of Commotions
1. commotion [n] - See also: commotion
Lexicographical Neighbors of Commotions
Literary usage of Commotions
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. History of the Life and Times of James Madison by William Cabell Rives (1870)
"Civil commotions in Massachusetts paye the way for Reform ... Federal Constitution —
Character and Origin of those commotions — Measures taken by Congress ..."
2. History of the House of Austria, from the Foundation of the Monarchy by by William Coxe (1853)
"... which appeared in the year 1840, and whose provisions were advantageous to
the rich. These commotions resolve themselves into two great ..."
3. A History of Crime in England: Illustrating the Changes of the Laws in the by Luke Owen Pike (1876)
"In addition to the ordinary dangers which continued commotions in for many more
generations, London was still apprentices: subject to periodical commotions ..."