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How to use outcry in a sentence

23 example sentences · noun, verb

Outcry means a loud cry or uproar. Example: “His appearance was greeted with an outcry of jeering.”

Examples of outcry by meaning

nounA loud cry or uproar.

  • His appearance was greeted with an outcry of jeering.

nounA strong protest.

  • The proposal was met with a public outcry.
  • There was a proposal to withdraw the trains as long ago as 1951, but an outcry from Tewkesbury that it would suffer as a tourist centre secured a reprieve.1961 March, “Talking of trains”, in Trains Illustrated, page 134

nounAn auction.

  • to send goods to an outcry

verbTo cry out.

  • I think any man who outcries against the power of the government in Germany soon ceases to cry at all, because he is crushed.1919, Debates in the Massachusetts Constitutional Convention, 1917-1918: Volume 1

verbTo cry louder than.

  • The dogs added their voices to the din, howling for hours, each trying to outcry the others.2007, Anthony Dalton, Alone Against the Arctic, page 104

More sentences with outcry

  • The disfiguration of the statue by vandals resulted in a public outcry.From the entry disfiguration
  • At the outcry of “Heinies!" Gaul jumped out of the window and bolted for the woods.2009, Sonya Jason, Maria Gulovich, OSS Heroine of World War II, page 131. From the entry heinie
  • The outcry over forced labor is a serious blow to the ruling Communist Party.2007 June 23, David Lague, “China Tries to Contain Scandal Over Slave Labor With Arrests and Apology”, in New York Times. From the entry forced labor
  • There is going to be an outcry by US citizens for solutions to this problem.2001 September 12, Kellic J. Tiger, “[OT] What is this going to do to our freedom?”, in alt.lifestyle.furry (Usenet). From the entry somefur
  • The woes of the world call forth the loudest outcries from the bystanders.1932, Francis John McConnell, Aids to Christian Belief, New York, N.Y.; Cincinnati, Oh.; Chicago, Ill.: The Abingdon Press, page 108. From the entry bystanding
  • She listened for some outcry from above—for the always-fearsome call, “Man overboard!” but it did not come.1913, Edgar Rice Burroughs, The Return of Tarzan, New York: Ballantine Books, published 1963, page 105. From the entry man overboard
  • The incident caused a public outcry among the South Asian community after a coroner ruled his death was “a lawful killing.”2023 January 27, Hillary Leung, “NGO raises questions over ‘racial and cultural insensitivity’ as Filipino man shot by Hong Kong police…. From the entry Ho Man Tin
  • My mother, determined to short-circuit my outcry, would match my objections by pointing out an inherent reward for doing such work.2003, Gina Hens-Piazza, Nameless, Blameless, and Without Shame: Two Cannibal Mothers Before a King. From the entry short circuit
  • Why the sudden outcry for transgender bathrooms?2002 November 26, Olaf Aprans, “Transgenderism”, in The Minuteman, Amherst, Mass.: The Minuteman, undergraduate students at the University…. From the entry transgender
  • No one dignified such offbeats by responding to their outcries.1977, Lyle W. Dorsett, The Queen City: A History of Denver. From the entry offbeat
  • The sky was filled with steam; a horrible outcry arose, and the shape of the Guyascutus became dimly visible.1968, Albert Raymond Kitzhaber, Language/Rhetoric. From the entry guyascutus
  • President Truman, when at last he grasped the nettle and dismissed MacArthur, knew well enough the outcry that would follow.1951 April 30, “From Today's Times”, in Ottawa Citizen, Canada, retrieved 18 Aug 2010, page 2. From the entry grasp the nettle
  • After a public outcry, her spokesperson announced she would start paying UK taxes on her overseas earnings to relieve political pressure on her husband.2022 October 24, Caroline Davies, “Spotlight on Rishi Sunak’s family as they prepare to enter No 10”, in The Guardian. From the entry non-dom
  • After a conservative outcry, he abruptly canceled a mini-series about Ronald Reagan, only to draw fire from liberals complaining that he caved in to pressure.2003 November 17, “10 Questions for Les Moonves”, in Time, retrieved 20 Feb 2020. From the entry draw fire
  • Now, against the Beethoven rhythm and the antiphonal outcry (E), the 'celli intone a spacious and somber melody whose beginning is shown at F.1968, Donald N. Ferguson, Masterworks of the Orchestral Repertoire: A Guide for Listeners, page 349. From the entry celli
  • In his studio in the Behlendorf woods, near the Baltic city of Lübeck, Günter Grass reflects on the outcry over his fictive memoir Peeling the Onion.2010 October 30, Maya Jaggi, “(please specify the article title)”, in Alan Rusbridger, editor, The Guardian, London: Guardian News &…. From the entry of
  • Chinese police are investigating the death of a reporter beaten up while probing the country's deadly coal mines, media reported on Wednesday amid a growing outcry.2007 January 21, Chris Buckley, Guo Shipeng, Vivi Lin, “China outcry grows over beating death of reporter”, in Reuters, archived from the…. From the entry Lingshi

Meaning of outcry

  1. noun A loud cry or uproar.
  2. noun A strong protest.
  3. noun An auction.

Full definition of outcry

Questions about outcry in a sentence

How do you use outcry in a sentence?
Outcry is used as a noun and verb. For example: “His appearance was greeted with an outcry of jeering.”
What is a short sentence with outcry?
“to send goods to an outcry”
What does outcry mean?
Outcry means a loud cry or uproar.

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