furor
AmericanEtymology
Origin of furor
First recorded in 1425–75; from Latin: “a raging”; replacing late Middle English fureor, from Middle French
Example Sentences
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After a year of internal furor at Harvard and a faculty vote of no confidence, Summers eventually stepped down as president.
From Salon
The furor ramps up the pressure to reform Lloyd’s, which has a centurieslong history of product innovation and marked cultural conservatism.
But it has done little to quell the furor.
From Los Angeles Times
The Los Angeles City Council voted to bar her return, her child died at birth and Gold Star Mothers raised a furor at the prospect of her return.
From Los Angeles Times
But the furor grew, especially among a contingent of Harvard faculty, and he resigned as president the following year.
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