Flurry or flurry means a commotion; a sudden or brief agitation --
There was a flurry of excitement when the crowd heard the news.
The flurry of activity only lasted a few minutes, until everyone calmed down.
Fleury or fleury ( rhymes with flurry ), in heraldry, describes something decorated with fleurs-de-lis --
His shield had a cross fleury in the center, and nothing else.
The banner had a fess fleury running across it.
Now that you know that, you can say--
"The sight of the cross fleury generated a flurry of excitement, as the people tried to get a closer look."
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