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uproar

/ˈʌpɹɔːɹ/ verb C2
  1. To throw into uproar or confusion. (transitive)
  2. To make an uproar. (intransitive)

He/she/it uproars · Past uproared · Past participle uproared · -ing form uproaring

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Verb forms

Base form
uproar
He/she/it
uproars
Past
uproared
Past participle
uproared
-ing form
uproaring

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When the luncheon hour drew near there came a slight lull in the uproar.
Six stories from The Four Million, p. 19 · C1
Bennet, you are wanted immediately; we are all in an uproar.
Pride and Prejudice, p. 128 · B2
Everything was now in an uproar, some calling for their pistols, some for their horses, and some for another flask of wine.
The Hound of the Baskervilles, p. 12 · C1

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