uproar

Example Sentences

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But this is not the first uproar to hit this Michigan program.

From The Wall Street Journal

And the old political playbook — confession, contrition, capitulation — is obviously no longer operative, as candidates find it not only possible but even advantageous to brazen their way through storms of uproar and opprobrium.

From Los Angeles Times

There was an uproar, and the defense was, “We didn’t put the panel together. This is what booksellers told us they saw as the future of the PWA. Blah blah blah.”

From Salon

Now and then she tried to exchange a few words in French with the chef, to keep in practice, but the kitchen was always in an uproar.

From Literature

“That is what I suspect the baroness has been told to do. Create one distracting uproar after another.”

From Literature