as in roar
a violent shouting
the hue and cry in the classroom when someone let loose a snake
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Recent Examples of hue and cry
And for all the hue and cry over gentrification, the fact is gentrifying neighborhoods bring in families with higher incomes to support the businesses that serve all residents.
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Edward Poteat, New York Daily News, 16 Mar. 2025
Neither faced the hue and cry that enveloped Feinstein.
—Mark Z. Barabak, Los Angeles Times, 31 May 2024
So the Establishment world that reads and writes has also joined the hue and cry.
—Liz Smith, Vulture, 31 Jan. 2024
Raising a hue and cry—digitally Perhaps the biggest innovation in the 6 January investigations was nothing that law enforcement itself did, but rather the general public’s response.
—IEEE Spectrum, 6 Jan. 2023
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Edward Poteat, New York Daily News, 16 Mar. 2025
Neither faced the hue and cry that enveloped Feinstein.
—Mark Z. Barabak, Los Angeles Times, 31 May 2024
So the Establishment world that reads and writes has also joined the hue and cry.
—Liz Smith, Vulture, 31 Jan. 2024
Raising a hue and cry—digitally Perhaps the biggest innovation in the 6 January investigations was nothing that law enforcement itself did, but rather the general public’s response.
—IEEE Spectrum, 6 Jan. 2023
See All Example Sentences for hue and cry
Recent Examples of Synonyms for hue and cry
Noun
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Fellow attacker Akram Afif fell to his knees in both joy and disbelief after the final whistle blew, taking in the roars coming from his countrymen who had made the long trip to the United States.—
Joseph Dycus,
Mercury News,
13 June 2026
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In the massive stadium in Inglewood, usually home to football games, the stands thundered with the roar of fans, with 70,492 in attendance.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
12 June 2026
Noun
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Hikers and walkers should also make noise when out in bear country, especially at dusk and dawn, and dogs should be leashed and supervised.—
Brie Stimson,
FOXNews.com,
14 June 2026
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Ambient sounds, nature recordings, white-noise tracks and ASMR-style content can generate passive income through YouTube, Spotify and other streaming platforms.—
ByBryan Robinson,
Forbes.com,
13 June 2026
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Her presence is heralded not by the sounds of howls, roars or clanking chains, but by the shutting of the door to her study, the scrape of her chair as it is pulled towards her desk, and the clanking of her type-writer keys.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
9 June 2026
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At that point, a loud drum fill announces itself, snarling electric guitars kick in and McCartney’s trademark howls of old arrive in time for a fairly kick-ass chorus.—
Chris Willman,
Variety,
23 May 2026
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“Hue and cry.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hue%20and%20cry. Accessed 16 Jun. 2026.
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