How to Use furore in a Sentence

furore

noun
  • There have been at least eight such furores, mainly based on nonsense.
    — The Economist, 28 Mar. 2018
  • Amid the recent furore, that trust and respect seem to be all but fading.
    — Billy Stockwell, CNN Money, 7 Feb. 2026
  • Eight months later, Fleabag isn't old news, but the furore has quietened.
    — Emma Specter, Vogue, 18 Nov. 2019
  • The furore around Jacobs has died down in recent years, as people have got used to him.
    — Rowland Manthorpe, WIRED, 28 Aug. 2017
  • Zidane will be all too aware of the furore that will accompany this defeat.
    — James Masters, CNN, 18 Sep. 2019
  • Many guests argued that the kingdom had learned a lesson from the furore over Khashoggi.
    — The Economist, 7 Nov. 2019
  • The furore around the May 2024 game was damaging to Spurs.
    — Dan Kilpatrick, New York Times, 30 Jan. 2026
  • David Phelan When the Googler made the first announcement, there had been quite the furore.
    — David Phelan, Forbes, 29 Mar. 2024
  • The furore was unbearable and became a factor in the band's decision to stop touring.
    — Henry Young & Becky Anderson, CNN, 12 Apr. 2018
  • The furore over the bill has laid bare political and social faultlines in the former British colony.
    — Time Staff, Time, 1 July 2019
  • To say that there’s furore surrounding these pictures is an understatement.
    — Kate Lloyd, Vogue, 14 Mar. 2024
  • In the wake of the furore, Ho’s office was ransacked and his parents’ graves desecrated.
    — Time Staff, Time, 6 Nov. 2019
  • At the time of the incident emotions were high and despite the furore, the band invited me to continue with them.
    — Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 24 June 2021
  • The furore also comes at a tricky time for Mr Duterte’s administration.
    — The Economist, 22 Mar. 2018
  • The furore over Xinjiang cotton just won't go away, and Western fashion houses can't win.
    — David Meyer, Fortune, 29 Mar. 2021
  • Some years ago, there was a furore over (Bollywood actor) Shahrukh Khan being stopped twice.
    — Ananya Bhattacharya, Quartz India, 16 July 2019
  • The lack of a swift deal, the furore and the anxiety of the past week are ultimately in Putin’s interests.
    — Nick Paton Walsh, CNN, 18 Feb. 2025
  • The problem is that his sudden public intervention has added nothing to the whole transfer furore.
    — Zak Garner-Purkis, Forbes.com, 20 Aug. 2025
  • Following the backlash, Gottheimer again took to social media to tamp down the low-level furore.
    — Tyler Jenke, Billboard, 3 Sep. 2019
  • Yet the recent furore over universal credit is not driven by opposition to the scheme itself.
    — The Economist, 18 Oct. 2017
  • During the furore last year, Barton had set up a GoFundMe page to help with his legal costs.
    — Greg O'Keeffe, New York Times, 9 Nov. 2025
  • Her post caused a predictable furore – and even prompted an anonymous report to social services, who have opened a file on her child, Oscar.
    — The Week Uk, theweek, 1 Sep. 2024
  • Yet the government, stung by a furore over this question following the budget in March, has in effect already ruled out such a change.
    — The Economist, 13 July 2017
  • But since coming to Washington, other furores show that Mr Pruitt has let his newfound prominence get to his head.
    — The Economist, 26 Apr. 2018
  • His inclusion in the Games sparked much furore on social media and was condemned by many as not being befitting of the Olympics.
    — Amy Woodyatt, CNN, 15 Aug. 2024
  • The furore will colour the Academy Awards ceremony on March 4th.
    — The Economist, 1 Mar. 2018
  • As well as the polling station closures, this year a separate furore has revolved around whether parents should be banned from sharing pictures of the plays on social media.
    — The Economist, 11 Dec. 2019
  • Burton was one of the first directors to cast him in the wake of the furore with a part as Penguin’s father in Batman Returns.
    — Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 30 Nov. 2024
  • The furore is unlikely to bother AirAsia, a hugely successful airline, for very long.
    — The Economist, 16 May 2018
  • The decision, which follows the furore earlier this year over the data-sharing, marks the first time the regulator has flexed its muscles in a major way.
    — David Meyer, Fortune, 4 Mar. 2021

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