[ US /ˈfjʊɹɔɹ/ ]
NOUN
  1. an interest followed with exaggerated zeal
    it was all the rage that season
    he always follows the latest fads
  2. a sudden outburst (as of protest)
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How To Use furor In A Sentence

  • Ingundis; and Leovigild, whose two sons, Hermenegild and Recared, were the issue of a former marriage.] [Footnote 128: Iracundiae furore succensa, adprehensam per comam capitis puellam in terram conlidit, et diu calcibus verberatam, ac sanguins cruentatam, jussit exspoliari, et piscinae immergi. History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire — Volume 3
  • Both have maintained they have been hard-done by and both have stirred up a public furore over whether they are the victims of the justice system.
  • The political and press furore that ensued following his refusal of political asylum was substantial. Times, Sunday Times
  • It wasn't so much the oath that roused the furor as the document which accompanied it, entitled Protocols and Requirements Between Spiritual Father & His Spiritual Sons, which takes, Garth George of The New Zealand Herald noted, "1300 words to describe in jaw-dropping detail how the 'spiritual sons' shall behave towards their 'spiritual father.' Cult scene: New Zealand and Africa - Boing Boing
  • A taste of the political furore likely to accompany the bonus season comes today from a key Washing ton powerbroker.
  • ‘The media furor over Kerrey's role in Vietnam has been very limited, and is now beginning to abate,’ we wrote.
  • No, this isn't referring to the furore over the re-election of Sepp Blatter to the presidency of Fifa. WalesOnline - Home
  • The furore among providers about current government-funding policies which challenge the latter assumption suggests that this is a real danger.
  • The BBC news site today has a surprisingly long article on the current furore surrounding London postcodes.
  • Having just come back from another week in Finland, I seemed to have missed all the fun and furore over the "aneurin glyndwr" website established by members of the Welsh Labour Party. Archive 2009-03-01
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