The word 'furor' is correct and is commonly used in written English.
It is a noun that means a state of intense or widespread excitement or anger. Example: The announcement of the new policy caused a furor among the employees, with many expressing their strong disagreement and frustration with the sudden change.
The furor over Todd Akin's "legitimate rape" comments had finally settled down when a Republican governor appeared at a Romney rally to praise Republican wives.
The furor over Enron, WorldCom and Ahold had subsided.
the authorities might have rescued Lehman but such would have been the political furor, they would have had to let AIG go bust.
A public furor led to the dismissal of Tehran's police chief and to calls for more openness.In the political field, newspapers are full of stories about government officials charged with corruption.
Letters are welcome via e-mail to [email protected]'s reignSIR – As the number of female scientists employed at Harvard has gone down under Larry Summers's watch, the recent furor may be less about the lack of political correctness than about hypocrisy ("Summerstime, and the living ain't easy", February 26th).
And how do we reconcile the seeming indifference to David Kelly's supposedly state-sanctioned slaying with the protests and furor that rightly accompanied the death of Ian Tomlinson, the protestor shoved to the ground by a policeman at the time of the G20 protests in 2009?
Although he later apologized for his remarks, the resulting furor led to his resignation in 2006.
He rose to prominence in February 1950 when his public charge in a speech given in Wheeling, West Virginia that 205 communists had infiltrated the State Department created a furor and catapulted him into headlines across the country.
The furor subsided quickly, however, when it was reported that the cold had prevented a "live" performance because of the effect low temperatures have on musical instruments.
Responding to the furor, Reich said: "As a composer I want people to listen to my music without something distracting them.
She created a furor as the only legislator to vote against the declaration of war on Japan after the raid on Pearl Harbor (December 7 , 1941, effectively terminating her political career with this vote.
