Sentence examples for for a popularity from inspiring English sources

I'm not asking for a popularity contest.

Courts do not exist for a popularity contest but only to dispense justice … The general public may not even know the difference between punishment and vengeance".

"One of the tenets of the Constitution is that you do not put the rights of a minority up for a popularity contest," said Mark Solomon, campaign director of Mass Equality, a group that supports same-sex marriage.

The idea that Lohan was hoping for a popularity boost by highlighting comparisons between herself and a character that spouts lines like "I am so f*cking fat, oh my God they [the paparazzi] cannot get a shot of me," and "Don't hurt them, I don't need any more lawsuits!" is rather amusing, but maybe that's just the level of self-parody she has now reached.

Guyanee Dewnarain, a research director from Gartner, believes health and fitness technology may be headed for a popularity boom - but there is plenty of important work to do before the apps challenge traditional games and productivity software.

"If you are there for a popularity contest, then cast that aside," said Bobb, who said he had not been contacted about the Detroit emergency manager position.

Even Loic, who initiated yesterday's fiasco, has admitted that "authority" might not be the best word for a popularity-based search (he blames his French).

Not for winning a popularity contest.

Skateboarding has been a street sport for decades with a popularity that encompasses all demographics.

I'll have you know, sir, that in high school we voted for valedictorian it was a popularity contest.

Fighting for justice is not a popularity contest".