How to Use uproar in a Sentence

uproar

noun

• The town was in an uproar over the proposal to build a jail.
• There was a lot of public uproar over the proposed jail.
• The proposal caused an uproar.
• There have been uproars in the past over similar proposals.
• The uproar happened in part because of the viral footage.
  — Stefano Pitrelli, Washington Post, 11 Jan. 2024
• And Just Like That… uproar and added in the topical joke.
  — Carrie Wittmer, Glamour, 24 Jan. 2022
• Barrera appeared to be aware of the uproar stirred by her posts.
  — Tatiana Siegel, Variety, 2 Feb. 2024
• But the letter caused an uproar on City Hall’s fifth floor.
  — Danny McDonald, BostonGlobe.com, 17 Aug. 2023
• The kisses caused such an uproar that SNL refused to air the clip in rebroadcasts of the episode.
  — Timothy Bella, Rolling Stone, 3 Nov. 2022
• There was a huge uproar about the twist, and not just from viewers, but players as well.
  — Dalton Ross, EW.com, 14 Sep. 2022
• The Warriors had just scored a big win over Utah, and both men had fans in a joyous uproar.
  — Bruce Jenkins, San Francisco Chronicle, 9 Apr. 2022
• There will be no reunion for the show, which has caused an uproar on Twitter.
  — Kate Aurthur, Variety, 9 May 2024
• The news of the end of the nearly 40-year-old dessert caused an uproar among customers on social media.
  — Sabrina Weiss, Peoplemag, 8 Aug. 2022
• When the waltz first burst on the scene, the close proximity the dance required of men and women, caused an uproar.
  — Staff Author, Travel + Leisure, 30 Dec. 2023
• But the current uproar is about much more than clothing.
  — Tara Kangarlou, Time, 5 Oct. 2022
• By the bottom of the first inning, their new first baseman had them in a raucous uproar.
  — Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 19 Apr. 2022
• The uproar from across the game industry led to Unity walking back some of those changes.
  — Megan Farokhmanesh, WIRED, 9 Oct. 2023
• As time went by, Chiklis somehow found out and had an uproar about it.
  — Derek Lawrence, EW.com, 22 Feb. 2022
• The effort caused an uproar and led to national ridicule.
  — Michael Smolens Columnist, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 Feb. 2022
• But after the joke didn’t receive an uproar of laughter, that's when Koy briefly went off script.
  — Charna Flam, Peoplemag, 9 Jan. 2024
• That’s why later that year, their work was causing an uproar.
  — Leo Deluca, Smithsonian Magazine, 27 Oct. 2021
• Perspectives that wouldn’t have caused anyone to bat an eye a few years ago are now cause for uproar.
  — Myles McKnight, National Review, 13 Feb. 2022
• Overlooked in the uproar, some say, is the loss of Officer O’Keefe, and his family’s grief.
  — Jenna Russell, New York Times, 15 May 2024
• For his part, Schartel doesn’t think the uproar over the Radio Sputnik broadcasts will last.
  — Fox News, 27 Mar. 2022
• There may have been a moment in which the former Rupert Murdoch lieutenant could have turned the tide and quelled the uproar within The Post.
  — Oliver Darcy, CNN, 18 June 2024
• Amid uproar and outrage, the tour was canceled after three dates.
  — Richard Cromelin, Los Angeles Times, 28 Oct. 2022
• The book caused an uproar among some Muslims, who called it blasphemous.
  — Jimmy Vielkind, WSJ, 18 Aug. 2022
• So why the uproar, if one of the more popular items on Starbucks’ menu is getting cheaper?
  — Jay L. Zagorsky, The Conversation, 25 Jan. 2023
• The disqualification of Bell for executing a wall ride on the final lap added to the uproar.
  — David Faris, Newsweek, 4 Nov. 2024
• The case caused an uproar and, in a federal lawsuit, Long and her daughter alleged deputies wrongfully took out a search warrant, seized Cedar, and turned the animal over to fair officials.
  — Salvador Hernandez, Los Angeles Times, 1 Nov. 2024

Last Updated: 12 Dec 2024