(n.) The distance through which one part of connected machinery, as a wheel, piston, or screw, can be moved without moving the connected parts, resulting from looseness in fitting or from wear; also, the jarring or reflex motion caused in badly fitting machinery by irregularities in velocity or a reverse of motion.
Example Sentences:
(1) There is a danger of a public backlash if this is not done."
(2) The amendment has sparked a particular backlash against the senator widely regarded as responsible for the decision, Ahmed Yerima, who is reported to have married a 13-year old Egyptian girl.
(3) President Hollande did announce new measures to stimulate growth this week but refused to go as far as a leading French industrialist, Louis Gallois, had wanted -- seemingly fearing a public backlash.
(4) The advert provoked a backlash from pro-EU campaigners and MPs, as well as claims of Islamophobia from Twitter users, some of whom said they were planning to report the party to Ofcom.
(5) The Berkut assault generated a large public backlash.
(6) This posture of racially tinged complacency underlies most of the frequent backlashes endured by western feminists.
(7) Ken Livingstone has delivered a rare public display of contrition, following a backlash over leaked remarks made by him in a private meeting which were interpreted as saying that Jewish voters would not vote for him because they were rich.
(8) Slowing growth, financial fragility, governments teetering on the brink of insolvency and default, and clear signs of a public backlash against the excesses of the rich and powerful: all have created a sombre backdrop to the invitation-only affair.
(9) But Klein – who over the years has endured pro-corporate backlash of her two earlier books and a ferocious assault for criticising Israel’s conduct against the Palestinians, says she is ready for it.
(10) Controversial BBC 6 Music DJ George Lamb, who provoked a listener backlash among some sections of the station's audience, was last night crowned the Sony Radio Academy Awards inaugural "rising star".
(11) Their secrecy and diminished footprint make them harder than conventional wars to oppose and hold to account – though the backlash in countries bearing the brunt is bound to grow.
(12) The backlash over plans to reconfigure hospitals and primary care in Greater Manchester is a warning of what can go wrong if consultations are mishandled.
(13) And scared that there would be a very public backlash; that I'd be punished."
(14) Veterans of the backlash against the deep cuts to tax credits George Osborne was forced to withdraw last year are gearing up to put pressure on his successor, Philip Hammond, in the run-up to November’s autumn statement.
(15) Republicans were supposed to learn from Mitt Romney but I don’t think they did.” Allegations of rigging were widespread, even though a vote has not yet been cast, but few were willing to predict what kind of backlash there would be.
(16) The information on the website was amended to clarify that the new indexation arrangements will apply to all people with a Help debt.” The federal government has faced a heavy backlash over the proposed education reforms, with large student protests and university leaders expressing concern about the level of debt students will face.
(17) Same sex marriage remained a distant objective in Georgia, he said, and conservatives across the US would continue their legislative backlash under cover of protecting religious freedom.
(18) We wouldn’t want to do something like that because we were afraid about the kind of opposition we would run into.” But when the plan came together, he said, “we were really happy to have it.” But after the plan to broadcast the Adhan was announced publicly last Tuesday, there was an almost immediate backlash.
(19) If the conflict was prolonged, the Turkish prime minister warned of a backlash against countries now carrying out air strikes.
(20) Anybody who reached US soil and was not allowed to enter because of the executive order, none of them can be removed from the US while the judge determines the ultimate legality of the order.” Backlash against Trump migration order grows as Obama issues warning Read more In New York, Judge Ann Donnelly also ordered the government to provide a list of names of people affected by the order.
Outcry
Definition:
(n.) A vehement or loud cry; a cry of distress, alarm, opposition, or detestation; clamor.
(n.) Sale at public auction.
Example Sentences:
(1) The strength of the outcry forced the Japanese and American governments to reduce the impact, though not the presence, of troops by a "good neighbour" policy.
(2) We wanted a place where men could discuss masculine topics without facing the same public shaming outcry that happens on social media sites – feminists are quick on the trigger to try to take down anything they consider wrong … Milo Yiannopoulos lost his verified status on Twitter because of his views on masculinity.
(3) Amid public outcry over the Bettencourt case, Sarkozy is now likely to be forced into a U-turn before the next election, undoing his tax reforms.
(4) Shoesmith was sacked without compensation by the north London council in December 2008 after a public and media outcry over the death of 17-month-old Peter Connelly, known as Baby P , a year earlier.
(5) The chief executive has already waived his bonus for 2012 following the furore surrounding the £1m he was to be handed for 2011 before the political outcry forced him to hand it back.
(6) It's ridiculous, because there will soon be a massive public outcry about how there's nowhere for kids to go.
(7) The government blamed the opposition, jailing alleged ringleader Vladimir Kozlov amid an international outcry, closing down his party and shutting dozens of independent media outlets.
(8) If any donor held such sway over the Tories as Unite has over Labour, there would deservedly be an outcry.
(9) Chinese police have released five feminist activists detained for more than a month in a case that prompted an international diplomatic outcry.
(10) The proposals had prompted an outcry among Tory backbenchers and were dubbed a "conservatory tax".
(11) It was partially reinstated following an outcry, but £65m to pay for the release of secondary teachers to primary schools one or two days a week runs out at the end of this academic year.
(12) What Scolari was referring to was the outcry in the Brazilian media over how Fred, the striker, had essentially conned the Japanese referee , Yuichi Nishimura, into awarding Brazil the penalty that had helped them to victory over Croatia in the opening Group A tie .
(13) When the old BBC governors – a system of governance that essentially dated back to 1922 – was dismantled in 2006 the outcry that there might be something quickly nicknamed Ofbeeb was deafening.
(14) The death sentences sparked a global outcry, culminating in the UN's human rights office judging that the case had breached international law.
(15) Levi's has withdrawn an advertising campaign that features a young man squaring up to riot police after a public outcry that it glorified the recent public disorder across the country.
(16) Outcry in the US led to a ban on all officials implicated in the case from travelling to, or holding bank accounts in, the US.
(17) Shkreli told ABC that as a result of the outcry, he had agreed to lower the price of Daraprim “to a point that’s more affordable”.
(18) They specifically called for reviewers to remove images of breastfeeding if the nipples were exposed but to allow “graphic images” of animals if shown in the “context of food processing or hunting as it occurs in nature”, resulting in further outcries .
(19) That announcement sparked an immediate outcry , as friends, supporters and activists demanded Liu’s complete release.
(20) After an outcry, Apple backed down and approved the app.