(1) The work, The Spear, by Brett Murray, unleashed a brouhaha that has hogged headlines for more than a week in South Africa and earned that inexhaustible accolade "painting-gate".
(2) They all abstain from social media for fear of getting embroiled in some brouhaha.
(3) Before it, Koke was sliding into challenges like a nut down the left, nearly starting a minor brouhaha.
(4) 9.16pm BST 57 min: Now Snodgrass and Walcott go in the book for the second-biggest handbag-based brouhaha this week.
(5) Gove's reforms haven't caused the same "brouhaha" as the health reforms, Bell points out.
(6) In all the brouhaha, let's not forget England were on the front foot at the end of the half.
(7) The history of mutual antipathy runs deep and when Wenger said he did not wish to comment on whether he would shake the Chelsea manager’s hand, his expression tightening, the tension this whole brouhaha provokes was palpable.
(8) Three months before the brouhaha over Asterix and the Picts , she slipped quietly into the shops as translator of Eugen Ruge's In Times of Fading Light – the story of three generations of an East German family.
(9) Second, the handful of service companies so often at the centre of these brouhahas – Capita , Serco , G4S – are working honourably to the modern business objective of maximising profit, but they do not necessarily care what this does to the NHS, or to the staff who keep it upright.
(10) I had read the pieces about it I had heard the substance of the brouhaha.
(11) 3.57pm BST In all the commotion on Centre and the row over Lisicki's time-out, I missed the brouhaha at the end of the Lopez-Wawrinka match.
(12) But beyond all the brouhaha about the cost of the contents of her makeup bag, which Jezebel totted up to a whopping $1,977.75 (around £1,290), the most interesting revelation (and the only free tip) is that Kardashian only washes her hair every five days.
(13) "The whole brouhaha has become so complex over what the implications are for John Brennan, and whether the Post has done this for political reasons.
(14) At that time, it wasn't surrounded by all the briefed brouhaha about squatters, but was clearly aimed at Travellers.
(15) 10.47pm: Clarke added that he spent yesterday touring the TV studios because it was "let's face it, a media brouhaha".
(16) Nevertheless, it is my policy to leave no bandwagon unjumped, and so here's my contribution to the unfolding brouhaha.
(17) Recently, without much discussion or brouhaha, railings and barriers disappeared from London's major roads, as part of a programme of "decluttering".
(18) Like many usage controversies, the brouhaha over "like a cigarette should" is a product of grammatical ineptitude and historical ignorance.
(19) QUOTE OF THE WEEK "All these brouhaha and controversies about the World Cup budget were concocted by wicked [journalists] who should have known better and who know the real truth but won't say it as it is.
(20) In the first of two exchanges, I spoke with Crabb on the record via instant messaging before the show went to air (and before all the subsequent brouhaha).
Fracas
Definition:
(v. t.) An uproar; a noisy quarrel; a disturbance; a brawl.
Example Sentences:
(1) The BBC dropped former Top Gear presenter Jeremy Clarkson following a fracas with show producer Oisin Tymon.
(2) As for Johnny Depp’s dogs, after the international fracas died down, Joyce was awarded the Froggatt award for principled decision making by the Invasive Species Council for “acting quickly and decisively” against actor Depp and his wife, Amber Heard, for allegedly bringing their Yorkshire terriers into Australia in breach of quarantine laws .
(3) Photograph: handout Molins said the perpetrator was known to police for a series of minor fracas over the past six years, including one violent altercation with another motorist earlier this year for which he received a suspended sentence.
(4) Dean had already booked Gabriel for his part in a fracas with Costa and when the defender flicked his foot at the Spain international, Dean ruled that it merited a straight red.
(5) Jonathan Arnott said the fracas placed a cloud over both Woolfe and Hookem: “Surely they can’t now consider that either of them could stand in a leadership contest.” Gerard Batten said he was disappointed Woolfe had left the meeting rather than answer questions over his flirtation with the Conservatives: “A Ukip MEP who is prepared to even discuss defection to another party is not fit to run as leader of Ukip.” Describing Thursday’s incident, Hookem said a meeting of Ukip MEPs had become heated when Woolfe, a contender to replace Diane James as party leader, was asked about his admission he had considered defecting to the Conservatives .
(6) In the middle of the fracas, unperturbed, a self-proclaimed holy man in a bright saffron woolly hat waved a legal petition.
(7) Amazon sought to address customers’ concerns about the Hachette fracas last month by pointing out that the publisher’s products represent a very small proportion of its sales.
(8) If you've been reading this newspaper or any other about the Senate's role in the healthcare fracas , I trust you do not need me to explain why.
(9) Nigel Farage had resigned; the frontrunner to replace him, Steven Woolfe, was hospitalised after a fracas ; and the eventual successor, Diane James, lasted 18 days at the top .
(10) It is not known whether Top Gear: From A to Z will include “F for fracas” – the description used by the BBC for the incident in which the presenter assaulted a producer.
(11) Two members of the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society were lightly injured in the early morning fracas in heavy seas about 2,000 miles south-east of the Australian state of Tasmania, said Paul Watson, the group's leader.
(12) Luis Suárez is banned for the game at Cornellà-El Prat after he became involved in a fracas after the end of last week’s first leg at Camp Nou, during which Espanyol had two players sent off.
(13) Woolfe spent three nights in hospital after the fracas.
(14) Aston Villa’s Micah Richards suspended for one game after Swansea fracas Read more Garde had barely taken his seat when Danny Rose’s pass – hardly defence-splitting – down the left found Mousa Dembélé.
(15) The as-yet unnamed Amazon show, which was announced on Thursday, ended months of speculation after Clarkson was dropped by the BBC following a fracas with a producer.
(16) The star received widespread public support, including from his friend David Cameron, following the fracas, and 1 million people signed a petition calling on the BBC to reinstate him.
(17) A 68-year-old man died, reportedly after inhaling pepper spray during the fracas , and five people were arrested.
(18) Haye, who on Monday night had still not revealed his whereabouts, is yet to respond to widely circulated calls by the German police to return to Munich after fleeing the scene in the early hours of Sunday morning and to explain his part in a fracas that shamed their sport.
(19) There was an initial fracas between English fans and locals over tickets at around midnight.
(20) Trump’s opening fracas may have made for gripping television, but it was the unseemly start to a primetime TV debate that Republican party leaders had dreaded, overshadowing policy discussions over the Iran nuclear deal, immigration, healthcare and the economy.