There was a lot of public uproar over the proposed jail. There have been uproars in the past over similar proposals. The proposal caused an uproar. The town was in an uproar over the proposal to build a jail.
Recent Examples on the WebThere was an uproar among lawmakers when the final report on carbon market reform was rejected. Angela Dewan, CNN, 8 June 2022 When the defense argued that Grace had consented to this act, there was uproar: How can someone consent to being murdered?refinery29.com, 1 June 2022 There has been an uproar over the festival’s inclusion of Tchaikovsky’s Wife, a film by Russian dissident director Kirill Serebrennikov and in part financed by Russian oligarch Roman Abramovich, in the competition. Dana Thomas, Vogue, 26 May 2022 There was also an uproar over Gremlins, which Spielberg executive produced. Ryan Parker, The Hollywood Reporter, 8 May 2022 As a Yankees official said at the time, there might not have been such an uproar if an outfielder or infielder had No. 21 on his back. Pete Caldera, USA TODAY, 22 Feb. 2022 There was an uproar last month after a report in the Times that free tests would be limited to symptomatic people and people in high-risk communal settings.Washington Post, 3 Feb. 2022 There will likely be an uproar if Cincinnati does not move up one spot to No. 4 after throttling SMU last Saturday, but that seems like its ceiling for this week. Nathan Baird, cleveland, 23 Nov. 2021 After the uproar over Child Q, police officers in her London borough received training on racial bias including not treating Black children as adults. Ellen Francis, Washington Post, 9 Aug. 2022 See More
Word History
Etymology
by folk etymology from Dutch oproer, from Middle Dutch, from op up (akin to Old English ūp) + roer motion; akin to Old English hrēran to stir