Converse of object

• hear: Waiting outside, her friend soon heard a huge commotion inside the hall, followed by loud applause.

• cause: There's hours of fun to be had causing a commotion at the depths of the Ocean!

• create: Their arrival in the capital created a commotion which greatly worried Bonner.

• see: Nearing the entrance I saw a commotion over by Hydroponics.

• make: In certain seasons of the year, chiefly between October and March, these birds make fearful commotion in their retreat.

• notice: Harry looked down into the crowd and noticed a commotion.

Converse of subject

• wake: The second maid had been woken by the commotion and also went to look at her master.

• draw: My attention was drawn by commotion this bird caused among the three perching Wood Pigeons.

Adjective modifier

• civil: Middle Earth's recent history has been a model of peace, without external wars or civil commotion.

• huge: Waiting outside, her friend soon heard a huge commotion inside the hall, followed by loud applause.

• great: In our absence from the scene a great commotion had taken place.

• much: Rarely had David Dimbleby been faced by so much commotion during the first 15 minutes of a local election results program.

• considerable: Back at the road, there was a considerable commotion, presumably created by a predator, maybe a hawk of some kind.

• general: In 1536 there was a general commotion, and much hope for the future.

Modifies a noun

• outside: Commotion outside: there are armed Police just down the road, surrounding a house on the opposite side.

• downstairs: Suddenly a commotion downstairs made the master thief pause.

Preposition: in

• yard: The gate was locked and padlocked, so how could there be a commotion in the yard?

• street: One morning I awoke to an unusual commotion in the streets.

• tree: There is soon a commotion in the tree as all sorts of mobsters move in to noisily scold the owl.

Preposition: of

• world: The swallow flies across the sea, as the truly penitent long to quit the sorrows and commotions of this world.