How to Use uproar in a Sentence

uproar

noun
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  • The town was in an uproar over the proposal to build a jail.
  • There was a lot of public uproar over the proposed jail.
  • The proposal caused an uproar.
  • There have been uproars in the past over similar proposals.
  • The uproar happened in part because of the viral footage.
    — Stefano Pitrelli, Washington Post, 11 Jan. 2024
  • And Just Like That… uproar and added in the topical joke.
    — Carrie Wittmer, Glamour, 24 Jan. 2022
  • Barrera appeared to be aware of the uproar stirred by her posts.
    — Tatiana Siegel, Variety, 2 Feb. 2024
  • But the letter caused an uproar on City Hall’s fifth floor.
    — Danny McDonald, BostonGlobe.com, 17 Aug. 2023
  • The kisses caused such an uproar that SNL refused to air the clip in rebroadcasts of the episode.
    — Timothy Bella, Rolling Stone, 3 Nov. 2022
  • There was a huge uproar about the twist, and not just from viewers, but players as well.
    — Dalton Ross, EW.com, 14 Sep. 2022
  • The Warriors had just scored a big win over Utah, and both men had fans in a joyous uproar.
    — Bruce Jenkins, San Francisco Chronicle, 9 Apr. 2022
  • There will be no reunion for the show, which has caused an uproar on Twitter.
    — Kate Aurthur, Variety, 9 May 2024
  • The news of the end of the nearly 40-year-old dessert caused an uproar among customers on social media.
    — Sabrina Weiss, Peoplemag, 8 Aug. 2022
  • When the waltz first burst on the scene, the close proximity the dance required of men and women, caused an uproar.
    — Staff Author, Travel + Leisure, 30 Dec. 2023
  • But the current uproar is about much more than clothing.
    — Tara Kangarlou, Time, 5 Oct. 2022
  • By the bottom of the first inning, their new first baseman had them in a raucous uproar.
    — Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 19 Apr. 2022
  • The uproar from across the game industry led to Unity walking back some of those changes.
    — Megan Farokhmanesh, WIRED, 9 Oct. 2023
  • As time went by, Chiklis somehow found out and had an uproar about it.
    — Derek Lawrence, EW.com, 22 Feb. 2022
  • The effort caused an uproar and led to national ridicule.
    — Michael Smolens Columnist, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 Feb. 2022
  • But after the joke didn’t receive an uproar of laughter, that's when Koy briefly went off script.
    — Charna Flam, Peoplemag, 9 Jan. 2024
  • Perspectives that wouldn’t have caused anyone to bat an eye a few years ago are now cause for uproar.
    — Myles McKnight, National Review, 13 Feb. 2022
  • Overlooked in the uproar, some say, is the loss of Officer O’Keefe, and his family’s grief.
    — Jenna Russell, New York Times, 15 May 2024
  • For his part, Schartel doesn’t think the uproar over the Radio Sputnik broadcasts will last.
    — Fox News, 27 Mar. 2022
  • There may have been a moment in which the former Rupert Murdoch lieutenant could have turned the tide and quelled the uproar within The Post.
    — Oliver Darcy, CNN, 18 June 2024
  • Amid uproar and outrage, the tour was canceled after three dates.
    — Richard Cromelin, Los Angeles Times, 28 Oct. 2022
  • The book caused an uproar among some Muslims, who called it blasphemous.
    — Jimmy Vielkind, WSJ, 18 Aug. 2022
  • So why the uproar, if one of the more popular items on Starbucks’ menu is getting cheaper?
    — Jay L. Zagorsky, The Conversation, 25 Jan. 2023
  • Some of the right is still very puritan, like this uproar over Drag Queen Story Hours at libraries.
    — Michael Schulman, The New Yorker, 17 Sep. 2023
  • That means it’s often left to the uproar of viewers expressed through disgruntled social media posts, think pieces like this one, and social pressure to create change.
    — Elizabeth Ayoola, Essence, 8 Aug. 2024
  • A lot of the online uproar is a sign audiences are, at least, still very engaged and care about this franchise; a truer sign of failure would be apathy and disinterest.
    — James Hibberd, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Oct. 2024

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