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
Brandy Melville’s young customers are up in arms over the new policy—but still shopping.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 17, 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 ● Mar. 3, 2026
The teams were up in arms and complained.
From BBC ● Feb. 16, 2026
Northern abolitionists like Ralph Waldo Emerson made Brown a martyr, and Southern loyalists got up in arms, quite literally, at the idea that this might be the start of a trend.
From "A Walk in the Woods" by Bill Bryson
