arouse opposition
Frequency: 6.07.1 per million words
to cause people to disagree with or try to stop something
Categories:
Examples (10)
- The government's new tax plan is certain to arouse fierce opposition.
- His remarks aroused considerable opposition from human rights groups.
- The proposal to build a new airport aroused strong opposition from local residents.
- Any attempt to privatize the healthcare system will arouse widespread opposition.
- The CEO was careful not to say anything that would arouse opposition from the shareholders.
- The committee's decision aroused so much opposition that they were forced to reconsider.
- Why did the mayor introduce a policy that was guaranteed to arouse opposition?
- The plan, which had seemed reasonable at first, began to arouse opposition as details emerged.
- They failed to anticipate the extent of the opposition their reforms would arouse.
- Publishing the controversial article was a deliberate move to arouse opposition and spark debate.