This was going to be a noisy affair.

Dinner in the saloon began as a noisy affair, with everyone apparently trying to talk at once.

But with twenty-seven children of various ages crowded around the supper table, the evening meal was a noisy and amusing affair.

It's a very noisy affair that usually provides many business opportunities for the local bone-setter.

Dumb silence gave way to the noisiest affair Johanna had seen yet.

It's going to be a big, noisy, expensive affair.

Life here is full on: a very public, warm-hearted and noisy affair.

I wanted a cigarette, but reaching for it seemed a noisy affair.

Lunch was a grand if rather noisy affair.

The onslaught of the "after-school crowd" is a noisy, chaotic affair.