up in arms
Example Sentences
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“It amazes me that travelers are not up in arms about the way they get treated,” he said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 8, 2026
Now, a proposed cap would pump the brakes—and students are up in arms.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 3, 2026
U.S. voters aren’t the only ones up in arms about affordability.
From Barron's ● Jan. 8, 2026
The rapper’s overhaul of the dwelling saw it reduced to little more than a concrete shell, decimating almost all of Ando’s original design—and leaving design lovers up in arms over its destruction.
From MarketWatch ● Dec. 11, 2025
Simultaneous and contradictory information declared him victorious in Villanueva, defeated in Guacamayal, devoured by Motilón Indians, dead in a village in the swamp, and up in arms again in Urumita.
From "One Hundred Years of Solitude" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
