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How to use uproar in a sentence

11 example sentences · noun, verb

Uproar means tumultuous, noisy excitement. Example: “This highly-aggressive approach had results, but briefly caused a major uproar in parts of the United States, which was mitigated by the Webster–Ashburton Treaty in 1842, which formalised the U.S.”

Examples of uproar by meaning

nounA loud protest, controversy, or outrage.

  • This highly-aggressive approach had results, but briefly caused a major uproar in parts of the United States, which was mitigated by the Webster–Ashburton Treaty in 1842, which formalised the U.S.2018 December 1, Drachinifel, 8:56 from the start, in Anti-Slavery Patrols - The West Africa Squadron, archived from the original on 29 Nov...

More sentences with uproar

  • Hence the uproar over the Olympia Food Co-op's institutional boycott of Israeli products through deshelving.2013, M. Hallward, Transnational Activism and the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, →ISBN, page 197. From the entry deshelving
  • They tormented their venerable grandmother with their shrill uproar and tricky behaviour.1913, Lewis Spence, chapter V, in The Myths of Mexico and Peru. From the entry torment
  • The conservative legal scholars Eric Posner and Adrian Vermeule thought that the uproar was all just 'tyrannophobic' nonsense.2019, Simon Reid-Henry, Empire of Democracy, →ISBN. From the entry tyrannophobic
  • Something of the light that blazes invisible within the abysses of its normally opaque materiality breaks forth, with an increasing uproar.1968, Joseph Campbell, The Hero with a Thousand Faces, 2nd edition, London: Fontana Press, published 1993, page 29. From the entry materiality
  • Edmund circled the uproar with hackles up, craving a signal from Bradly to nip this old squaller by her broomstick legs.1938, Norman Lindsay, Age of Consent, 1st Australian edition, Sydney, N.S.W.: Ure Smith, published 1962, →OCLC, page 200. From the entry squaller
  • There was fresh uproar in the House.1923, Georgette Heyer, “The Revenge”, in The Great Roxhythe, Boston, Mass.: Small, Maynard and Company, →OCLC, page 325. From the entry impeachment
  • In all this uproar of faithcures, and miracles, and shouting prophets, we have heard few illuminating words from the universities.1909, William Walker Atkinson, Suggestion and Auto-suggestion (found in 2022, Atkinson, The Complete Works of William Walker Atkinson)…. From the entry faithcure
  • A scene Flood's of wild uproar was the consequence, the Bill was thrown out by a large majority; no better success attended its rereform.1913, A History of England, page 1136. From the entry rereform
  • She had no sooner done so than she was woken by an uproar in the street – a familiar racket which happened every day at this time.1976, Tawfiq Yusuf Awwad, translated by Leslie McLoughlin, Death in Beirut (Arab Authors; 5), London: Heinemann Educational Books Ltd…. From the entry garbage-collector
  • There is the silvertoned twitter of a "charm" of Goldfinches at the thistle-heads, and, above all, there is the cheerful uproar of the Rooks once more.1924, John Henry Salter, Bird Life Throughout the Year, Swarthmore Press, page 182. From the entry charm

Meaning of uproar

  1. noun Tumultuous, noisy excitement.
  2. noun Loud, confused noise, especially when coming from several sources.
  3. noun A loud protest, controversy, or outrage.

Full definition of uproar

Questions about uproar in a sentence

How do you use uproar in a sentence?
Uproar is used as a noun and verb. For example: “This highly-aggressive approach had results, but briefly caused a major uproar in parts of the United States, which was mitigated by the Webster–Ashburton Treaty in 1842, which formalised the U.S.”
What is a short sentence with uproar?
“There was fresh uproar in the House.”
What does uproar mean?
Uproar means tumultuous, noisy excitement.

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