raising Cain
Example Sentences
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“And had any of those known about it, they should’ve been raising Cain, because of the threats to the astronauts and cosmonauts on the space station,” he said.
From New York Times • Nov. 15, 2021
Two, raising Cain in a contemporary noir also means paying respect to the female pioneers of the genre — among them Patricia Highsmith and Vera Caspary, who deserve their fair share of recognition and acclaim.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 16, 2018
I hope that people aren’t raising Cain for the sake of raising hell.
From Washington Times • Sep. 7, 2015
Workers formerly indifferent to substandard work turned out by slackers began raising Cain: it cut down their bonus.
From Time Magazine Archive
If a bunch of us went charging at ’em whooping and raising Cain they might disappear back into the forest for another two, three days.
From "Elijah of Buxton" by Christopher Paul Curtis
