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.
  — Victoria Albert, CBS News, 5 May 2022
• 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
• 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 outcry led to a government pledge to avoid new taxes.
  — Christine Ro, Forbes.com, 20 June 2025
• 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
• An 11-month-old girl has been shot in the face in the Bronx, prompting a search for the gunman and outcry from New York City's new mayor.
  — Aaron Katersky, ABC News, 20 Jan. 2022
• 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 | [e-mail], al, 27 Dec. 2022
• After a surge in parental outcry, however, the bill has since seen new life in the state senate.
  — Scott Walker, National Review, 10 Mar. 2022
• Amid a flurry of public outcry, the Tide was entrenched in its support of Miller.
  — Nick Alvarez | [e-mail], al, 4 Mar. 2023
• Then, as opposed to now, there was no outcry by anyone.
  — Christopher Keating, courant.com, 25 Oct. 2021
• 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
• And so my optimism wants to believe, yes, that there would be an outcry.
  — Cameron Joseph, Christian Science Monitor, 21 May 2025
• At the time, his refusal to rule out putting troops on the ground in Ukraine prompted an outcry, notably from the leaders of Germany and Poland.
  — Lorne Cook The Associated Press, arkansasonline.com, 15 Feb. 2025
• 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
• The outcry, which included prominent Latin voices such as artist Becky G, has spurred calls and plans for a protest at the ballpark Saturday afternoon.
  — Fabian Ardaya, New York Times, 19 June 2025