How to Use outcry in a Sentence

outcry

noun
  • There was a lot of public outcry over his racial comments.
  • They were surprised by the outcry against the casino proposal.
  • By the ’90s, there was a growing outcry to ban the song.
    Chris Koseluk, The Hollywood Reporter, 24 Oct. 2024
  • The goals have come a long way since the outcry at Google six years ago.
    David E. Sanger, New York Times, 23 Apr. 2024
  • There might be an outcry that the raw steps ought to be shown.
    Lance Eliot, Forbes, 13 Sep. 2024
  • The House of the Mouse has not commented on the film and bloody outcry.
    Bryan Alexander, USA TODAY, 1 Sep. 2022
  • The outcry over the video prompted CMT to pull it from airing.
    Elizabeth Robinson, NBC News, 21 July 2023
  • Still, as the months wore on, there was a growing outcry among some of her fans.
    Constance Grady, Vox, 12 Sep. 2024
  • There is an outcry for justice to be done, and the man is sentenced to death.
    Joan Acocella, The New Yorker, 6 Feb. 2023
  • The move sparked outcry from Democrats and others who urge reform of gun laws.
    Kimberlee Kruesi and Jonathan Mattise, BostonGlobe.com, 30 June 2023
  • The video sparked a national outcry over the young Black man’s death at the hands of three white pursuers.
    Russ Bynum, USA TODAY, 5 May 2022
  • The video sparked a national outcry over the young Black man's death at the hands of three white pursuers.
    Victoria Albert, CBS News, 5 May 2022
  • Those officers were able to meet with the child, who did not make an outcry.
    Christina Shaw, Fox News, 4 Dec. 2024
  • The outcry began in early 1973, around the time of the Roe decision.
    New York Times, 23 June 2022
  • The president’s team has sought to calm the outcry over Gaza, with a focus on Michigan.
    Tribune News Service, Orange County Register, 27 Feb. 2024
  • The video has been viewed more than 9.7 million times, and led to an outcry on social media.
    Stefano Montali, New York Times, 25 Nov. 2023
  • After an outcry, Judge Mehta opened up the court three weeks into the trial.
    Steve Lohr, New York Times, 2 May 2024
  • Fines and forfeitures supplied half the town revenue, and the outcry was swift.
    John Archibald | Jarchibald@al.com, al, 27 Dec. 2022
  • Amid a flurry of public outcry, the Tide was entrenched in its support of Miller.
    Nick Alvarez | Nalvarez@al.com, al, 4 Mar. 2023
  • Finally, a common outcry has been against the trawl fleet, which does take crab as bycatch in the Bering Sea.
    Elizabeth Earl For Alaska Journal Of Commerce, Anchorage Daily News, 16 June 2022
  • With less than 24 hours until the rally, the group moved it to the Grand Theater, a private venue in Anaheim, but the outcry over the event followed it.
    Hannah Fry, Los Angeles Times, 25 Mar. 2024
  • The leaker was first to break this news back in March, and there has been considerable outcry since.
    Gordon Kelly, Forbes, 9 Aug. 2022
  • Musgraves was part of the public outcry in response to Cruz's travel plans, which many deemed tone deaf.
    Catherine Santino, Peoplemag, 1 June 2024
  • Notably, New York has taken the top spot despite some outcry that the city’s wealth is moving south.
    Tori Latham, Robb Report, 8 May 2024
  • There was outcry to charge the case as a hate crime, but prosecutors never filed such charges.
    Eduardo Cuevas, USA TODAY, 28 Nov. 2024
  • When the fact of those conversations leaked, there was a major outcry.
    Steven Erlanger, New York Times, 1 Sep. 2023
  • The law stemmed from public outcry over San Diego’s handling of a network of thousands of smart streetlights.
    Lyndsay Winkley, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 July 2023
  • The move caused an outcry among the creative community.
    Aaron Couch, The Hollywood Reporter, 9 Nov. 2023
  • On Thursday, with the news of Mr. Thompson’s death amplifying public outcry about the industry, the company reversed that plan.
    Patrik Jonsson, The Christian Science Monitor, 6 Dec. 2024
  • That audio triggered a bipartisan outcry that led the administration to announce the end of the policy 48 hours later.
    Mica Rosenberg, ProPublica, 12 Dec. 2024

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