up in arms
Example Sentences
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The teams were up in arms and complained.
From BBC • Feb. 16, 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
It should come as no surprise that Kiffin’s departure from Ole Miss leaves behind a program in disarray and a fan base up in arms.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 30, 2025
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
