They were surprised by the outcry against the casino proposal. There was a lot of public outcry over his racial comments.
Recent Examples on the WebIn the outcry that followed, the police released a clumsily edited CCTV tape. Tara Kangarlou, Time, 19 Sep. 2022 The trigger point for outcry around pregnancy care centers falls squarely around the recent Dobbs decision.BostonGlobe.com, 17 Sep. 2022 The outcry is puzzling, as if MAGA Republicans aren’t defending the first violent coup attempt against the federal government in our nation’s history. Sabrina Haake, Chicago Tribune, 10 Sep. 2022 Their outcry was provoked after California adopted a standard late last month requiring that all new vehicles be electric or hydrogen-powered by 2035. Gregory S. Schneider, Washington Post, 9 Sep. 2022 The House of the Mouse has not commented on the film and bloody outcry. Bryan Alexander, USA TODAY, 1 Sep. 2022 Its often ruthless and chaotic enforcement -- as seen during a two-month lockdown in the financial hub of Shanghai -- has sparked waves of public outcry, with many growing increasingly frustrated with the unending restrictions on their daily life. Nectar Gan, CNN, 31 Aug. 2022 The embattled police chief who responded to the massacre was terminated last week, after months of community outcry. Olivia Osteen, ABC News, 29 Aug. 2022 Special prosecutor Pete Skandalakis acknowledged the decision could upset many in the Atlanta community, especially given the public outcry and protests that followed Brooks’ death in July 2020. Chelsea Prince, ajc, 23 Aug. 2022 See More
ADJECTIVE | VERB + OUTCRY | PREPOSITIONADJECTIVE➤great, huge, massive大規模的強烈抗議▸➤immediate即時爆發的強烈抗議▸➤public公眾的強烈抗議▸➤national全國的強烈反對▸➤international國際上的強烈反對VERB + OUTCRY➤cause, prompt, provoke, spark激起/促成/導致/引發強烈反對◇The bombing caused an international outcry.炸彈襲擊引起了國際社會的強烈譴責。➤raise (especially NAmE) 引起強烈反應◇His comments raised an outcry from religious leaders.他的評論激起了宗教領袖們的強烈抗議。PREPOSITION➤outcry against, outcry over對⋯的強烈反對◇There was a massive public outcry against the harsh prison sentence.公眾強烈抗議判這麼重的監禁。➤outcry from來自⋯的強烈抗議◇an immediate outcry from workers over pay reductions工人們對降薪的即刻抗議