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Meanings of affray in English
Synonyms
Examples for "disturbance"
Examples for "disturbance"
1
They forced their way inside when they heard a disturbance, police said.
2
The people in the tent turned in the direction of the disturbance.
3
His execution was reported as a typical case of public order disturbance.
4
Clearly these are populations that cannot stand a great deal of disturbance.
5
There is legitimate fear of more disturbance, said government spokesman Panitan Wattanayagorn.
1
I thought it was the result of the fray in the Tower.
2
As always, political issues are starting to enter the fray, he said.
3
Analysts say the army is loath to step into the political fray.
4
They had been able to join the fray at a critical moment.
5
They had been, in their time, in the thick of the fray.
1
I was startled; Olympos was usually impossible to shock or even ruffle.
2
He could see the dull ruffle of the water under the wind.
3
Such endeavours appeared to ruffle Belvedere, and certainly disrupted any game plan.
4
The second photograph shows a Galliano ruffle dress hanging on a stand.
5
His tempers were the ruffle of a passing breeze upon deep water.
Usage of affray in English
1
The Metropolitan Police said he had been arrested on suspicion of affray.
2
He had interfered in an affray in a cafe and been stabbed.
3
How the lamentable affray came about could not be explained to me.
4
He had gone by himself one day some time after the affray.
5
In the affray that succeeded, it was said that he was killed.
6
The ringleaders are expected to be charged with affray and property damage.
7
His associate fell, and he sprang forward to engage in the affray.
8
They had as yet no thought of the consequences of the affray.
9
Three people -including two teenagers -are facing charges of affray.
10
Sir Percival, for one, had been grievously wounded in the last affray.
11
A fight in private is an assault and battery, not an affray.
12
But I am grieved to hear of your affray with the native.
13
Without asking for any explanation on the affray, he said to her:
14
The natives, who had been spectators of the affray, were much perplexed.
15
The monsters roared, and, with their trunks elevated, advanced to the affray.
16
Asbury, with whom the affray had taken place a short time previous.
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United Kingdom
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