engender backlash

Examples (10)

• The government's controversial new tax policy engendered a severe backlash from small business owners.
• The CEO's insensitive comments are likely to engender a significant backlash among employees.
• The celebrity's thoughtless post has engendered a widespread backlash on social media.
• Changing the beloved product formula would surely engender a backlash from loyal customers.
• Announcing the layoffs right before the holidays was a move guaranteed to engender backlash.
• Any attempt to censor the internet could engender a fierce backlash from civil liberties groups.
• The university was warned that its tuition hike would engender a backlash it wasn't prepared for.
• The diplomat's undiplomatic remarks engendered a diplomatic backlash from several allied nations.
• Such radical changes will inevitably engender some backlash.
• The proposed reforms are so unpopular they will certainly engender a public backlash.