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 board continues to fail to heed the outcry from survivors.
    Glenn Garner, PEOPLE.com, 5 Sep. 2021
  • 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
  • This time, the outcry was caused by a track’s content, rather than an artist’s conduct.
    Tim Ingham, Rolling Stone, 3 Sep. 2021
  • 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 | Jarchibald@al.com, 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 | Nalvarez@al.com, 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
  • Prior to this, at no time has there been an outcry or outrage over the Bar’s policy.
    Steve Bousquet, Sun Sentinel, 17 June 2025
  • Most ironic of all is the outcry among the foreign policy establishment of the Obama and Biden administrations, chief among those Ben Rhodes.
    Douglas Schoen, Oc Register, 23 June 2025

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