Sentence examples for Popular from inspiring English sources

"These words have become popular.

Economically, tight state controls have fostered stagnation and popular resentment while hindering foreign investment.

National revulsion and popular demand for punishment are dangerous things.

An eight-month inquiry by the all party group on mindfulness found frontline public servants could be less likely to fall ill with stress, or quit altogether, if they engage in the increasingly popular meditation practice which involves increasing awareness of the present moment to help control anxiety and depression.

Blatter is popular in Africa, Fifa's biggest voting bloc, for bringing its first World Cup in 2010 and using Fifa cash to fund hundreds of facilities for national associations across the continent.

Despite everything, the Kennedy brand still stands for idealism – for the ambition of the moon landing and the call to public service enshrined in one of his most popular programmes, the Peace Corps.

These eddies of trouble, the revival of secondary disputes and the mixture of economic policy with diplomatic grievances and popular rhetoric all echo the atmosphere of the early 1930s.

He also goes for the popular vote: he said that he would introduce a bank tax but then, when asked whether he would increase VAT or income tax, said: "No chancellor could rule that out".

Not just Russia's most popular politician, Putin is set to become an unlikely fashion icon as one brand launches a new collection of Putinwear.

But there's always been a grey area about what's entirely devolved, with enough ambiguity for the party to cast popular votes, which also fitted with its instincts, against student fees and foundation hospitals south of the border.

In a 2014 vote to cap immigration, for example, the question asked was: "Do you accept the popular initiative, 'Stop mass immigration'?