Example sentences for: uproar

How can you use “uproar” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • This created a predictable (and justified) uproar at the paper, which caused the publisher, Kathryn Downing, to apologize and mumble some nonsense about how she was unfamiliar with newspaper etiquette, which encouraged reporters and editors at the paper to push editor Michael Parks to assign a story about the whole fiasco, which he eventually did (to David Shaw, the paper's Pulitzer-winning media critic).

  • The 19 th edition was released in 1997 but was recalled in April of last year because of an uproar from breeders who contended that the book's "breed profiles" perpetrated pernicious stereotypes.

  • Given the ongoing uproar over genetically modified crops, an uproar that has played an important role in the opposition to the World Trade Organization and that has become a key trade issue between the United States and Europe, agribusiness certainly seems to be a short-term loser.

  • Snippets from Starr's brief suggest nothing short of Absolute Power : "If a president were to murder a political opponent, he would argue that the resulting uproar could impair his legislative program, distract him from his duties, affect his dealings with foreign heads of state, and potentially give rise to impeachment proceedings--the very arguments raised by the White House here.

  • The uproar by the liberals is understandable.


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