hue and cry

NOUN
  1. loud and persistent outcry from many people
    he ignored the clamor of the crowd
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How To Use hue and cry In A Sentence

  • A terrific hue and cry was raised against the new tax proposals.
  • Blocking of major city roads during peak hours and uninhibited use of loud speakers and other accessories for the pageants have raised a hue and cry among the public.
  • Further cuts in welfare have raised a hue and cry among the American public.
  • The old gentleman was not the only person who raised the hue and cry.
  • What irks me most about this annual ritual of royal fiscal disclosure and the hue and cry that can be relied upon to greet it, is that nothing ever changes.
  • So did the hue and cry. Berthe Morisot
  • The hue and cry that the West has launched over this case will not affect our judges. Times, Sunday Times
  • That we should have to make a hue and cry to save community gardens again strikes me as terribly ironic considering we've already done this, and, in the larger context, absolutely know what happens when the sprawl wins, whether it is out there on the edge of exurbia or down the block. Matthew Wills: Brooklyn Farms, Then and Now
  • The hue and cry of this rough popular justice, akin to Europe's chiarivari and skimmingtons, led to the abusive oratory.
  • MANGALORE: Sri Ram Sena (SRS) founder Pramod Mutalik has said there is no need to raise a hue and cry about the Mangalore pub attack on women on Saturday. The Times of India
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