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.
  • 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 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • The outcry opened the floodgates on a scandal that forced Murdoch to shut down the 168-year-old tabloid, Britain’s best-selling newspaper.
    Jill Lawless, Fortune Europe, 18 Dec. 2023
  • The beating sparked a fierce outcry that prompted hundreds of villagers to protest in the public square in Enarotali.
    Heather Chen, CNN, 30 Sep. 2022
  • The letter is far from the first political outcry against Temu.
    Meghan Hall, Sourcing Journal, 25 Sep. 2024
  • The massacre led to a local outcry, and Raziq was summoned to Kabul.
    Matthieu Aikins Victor J. Blue Peter Ganim Krish Seenivasan Steven Szczesniak, New York Times, 22 May 2024
  • The departures caused a fierce outcry on X and a slew of press coverage, most of which wasn’t favorable.
    Luisa Beltran, Fortune, 21 Nov. 2023
  • Her blog went viral and sparked a massive public outcry.
    Thomas Bostick, Forbes, 30 Nov. 2023
  • The video went viral and prompted a huge social media outcry.
    CBS News, 29 Jan. 2023
  • Just a few days later, following outcry from employees and some investors, Altman returned to OpenAI.
    Morgan Chittum, CNBC, 26 Sep. 2024
  • Following a social media outcry, the decision was amended to include all 41 Broadway theaters.
    Greg Evans, Deadline, 9 Oct. 2024

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