fracas

Jonathan Franzen is in a fracas over his comments deploring our literary culture, Amazon, and social media.

Bennett is part of the rightwing bloc, which is not, as a whole, weakened by the fracas.

Hart then segued into the Kristen Stewart fracas, joining Jodie Foster in the “get over it, people” camp.

I would add only that this entire little fracas isn't about the alleged substance of the complaint against him.

This whole fracas happened simply because conservatives saw an opportunity to accuse liberals of being elitist.

Fortunately the police then arrived on the scene, and with great difficulty succeeded in putting a stop to the fracas.

They had been watching the fracas, and understood it as little as we did.

He wanted no fracas, and he was still hanging doubtful, measuring the distance between them, when—away went his thoughts.

A trifling affair in itself, this village fracas was to have a lasting effect upon the career of Thomas Borrow.

But that person must have been on the scene also, probably lurking in the shelter of the bungalow and watching the fracas.