(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.
Yammer
Definition:
Example Sentences:
(1) More than 10,000 technology workers from Twitter, Spotify, Zendesk, Yammer and other companies have moved into the Tenderloin and the adjacent Mid-Market district.
(2) When they say “forget business versus society”, they mean “stop yammering on about human beings and get back to economic verities”.
(3) Klyuvgant catches the Guardian's eye and nods imperceptibly at the yammering judge, as if to say: "See, I told you so!"
(4) He is leading a yammering army of trolls to victory on terms they barely understand.
(5) This is rarely reflected in videogames, which tend to yammer on about what a big, bad hero you are, as if they've decided you're a bit psychologically underdeveloped or something.
(6) Griffin's Question Time appearance last October, with its gurning and yammering, shocked his supporters within the BNP and appeared to weaken his authority.