Sentence examples for widespread uproar from inspiring English sources

After widespread uproar, the move was blocked and it was announced that all evidence would be public and televised.

Until the widespread uproar over Trafigura's attempt to gag pretty much everybody last year, few people knew about superinjunctions.

The result is startling, because three years ago Mr Clegg faced widespread uproar from his party after breaking a promise to scrap them.

Video from the crime spread on the Internet and caused a widespread uproar, prompting politicians and clerics to call for harsh measures.

The videotape of the beating of Rodney King led to widespread uproar about police brutality; it also served as the basis for a jury's decision to acquit the officers charged with the assault.

The entire scene was a step backward in a year marked by forward-thinking considerations of gender, including widespread uproar against everyday street harassment and close considerations of inequality in several professional fields.

There was a widespread political uproar in 2004 when a Chinese state-owned company tried to buy the mining company Noranda.

The idea was met with widespread liberal uproar and little interest from Republicans, leading the White House to shelve the provision the following year.

At the White House and the Pentagon, there was widespread concern that a political uproar in Iraq about the use of its American-controlled airspace could result in the expulsion of American forces from the country.

The uproar has gained widespread, national media attention.

Hariri, who is an ally of Saudi Arabia, abruptly declared on Nov. 4 that he was resigning as prime minister ― a move that created an uproar in Lebanon and led to widespread accusations of Saudi meddling.