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Collocations for uproar - noun

ADJECTIVE

big, great, huge
public
a huge public uproar over taxation plans
international
ensuing
A shot was fired and in the ensuing uproar the prisoner escaped.

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VERB + uproar

cause, create, provoke
imagine
Can you imagine the uproar if alcohol was banned?

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PREPOSITION

amid (an/the) uproar
The trial proceeded amid uproar.
in (an/the) uproar
Financial markets were in uproar after the crash of the rouble.
The classroom was in an uproar.
uproar over
There was a great uproar over plans to pull down the old library.

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