How to Use furor in a Sentence

furor

noun
  • The book caused a furor across the country.
  • Amid a public furor, the senator continues to deny the allegations.
  • Two of his staff members quit amid the furor.
    — Jeff McDonald, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 Sep. 2025
  • One case caused an instant furor.
    — Suzy Khimm, NBC news, 19 Dec. 2025
  • That could give time for some of the current furor to die down.
    — Gene Maddaus, Variety, 6 Apr. 2022
  • The furor leads even Herold to despair.
    — Jeremy Fugleberg, Twin Cities, 23 May 2026
  • The furor died down after the men were found not guilty and released.
    — R. Daniel Foster, Forbes.com, 14 Aug. 2025
  • But in between those two poles, the furor was a reminder of two truths.
    — Niall Stanage, The Hill, 6 Dec. 2024
  • Both reviews sparked an online furor.
    — Brent Lang, Variety, 12 May 2026
  • The reports of a secret base stirred up a furor in Iraq.
    — Arkansas Online, 16 May 2026
  • The stakes are high for every player in the furor — as well as for some on its fringes.
    — Ellen Mitchell, The Hill, 4 Dec. 2024
  • The furor was kicked off by a move that stunned Washington.
    — Niall Stanage, The Hill, 16 Dec. 2025
  • This tweet set the tone for the social media furor that followed.
    — Timothy Noah, The New Republic, 30 Jan. 2023
  • Despite the furor, Williams said the name change has proved to be a good thing thus far.
    — Mark Eddington, The Salt Lake Tribune, 22 Nov. 2022
  • In the wake of the furor, Williams found herself at a crossroads.
    — Brent Lang, Variety, 11 May 2022
  • Here’s a look at some of those in the Old World caught up in the new furor.
    — Los Angeles Times, 11 Feb. 2026
  • Kimmel’s remark was followed by furor on the right over the late-night host.
    — Ted Johnson, Deadline, 22 Sep. 2025
  • Berg next took a leading role in the public furor over the use of stem cells to cure disease.
    — John Johnson Jr., Los Angeles Times, 22 Feb. 2023
  • The move caused a furor among users who lamented the shift away from stills on the photo-sharing app.
    — Steven Widen, Forbes, 26 Aug. 2022
  • To create a furor over the innocent use of pronouns is inane.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 29 Oct. 2021
  • And some of those corporations took a sales hit during the furor.
    — Sarah Kate Ellis, WSJ, 10 Dec. 2023
  • Grape Nuts syrup just wouldn’t cause much of a furor on Instagram.
    — Hallie Lieberman, Smithsonian Magazine, 18 Apr. 2022
  • Is there some pro-Hamas propaganda mixed in with all this furor?
    — Peter Jensen, Baltimore Sun, 7 Aug. 2025
  • Fans expressed their furor on social media.
    — Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 2 Nov. 2025
  • By Tuesday night here, the furor didn’t seem to be a distraction.
    — Joshua Robinson, WSJ, 29 Nov. 2022
  • With the furor now past, Microsoft has now fixed the mistake.
    — Zak Doffman, Forbes.com, 20 Jan. 2026
  • The injury, which turned out to be a treatable bruise, sparked a brief furor on the internet.
    — Childs Walker, baltimoresun.com, 17 May 2018
  • That decision sparked a furor over free speech and censorship.
    — Mandalit Del Barco, NPR, 27 Apr. 2026
  • The furor over actress Sydney Sweeney’s new jeans ad is more than meets the eye.
    — Boston Herald Editorial Staff, Boston Herald, 5 Aug. 2025
  • Shirley's video reignited furor over fraud in Minnesota.
    — Anthony Bettin, CBS News, 7 Jan. 2026

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