Sentence examples for gaining popular from inspiring English sources

The novel also attracted poets and playwrights who saw in it the means of gaining popular success.

The Taliban have lost much of their senior leadership, he said, and other insurgent groups are not gaining popular support.

American and African Union officials insist they have learned from their mistakes and are now focusing on genuine political change to prevent militants from gaining popular support inside Somalia again.

This would require a new EU charter, not to mention the issue of gaining popular support and legitimacy at a time when Euroscepticism is on the rise across the EU.

Mr. Williams and the first Mrs. Foreman concur that Kramer took credit for "High Noon" after it began gaining popular and critical support and that he diminished the role of Foreman.

Now that Erdoğan has reignited the war against the PKK in Turkey as a means of gaining popular support, he is clearly afraid that growing international support for Syria's Kurds, for example, from the US and Russia will reinforce the demands of Turkey's Kurds for regional autonomy.

It was a strategy to gain popular sympathy, and it worked".

Contrary to appearances, the last two questions are an attempt to gain popular backing for gas exports.

The story gained popular attention with Steven Spielberg's film "Amistad" in 1997.

The problem is stabilizing the area so they can create jobs and gain popular support.

In sharp contrast to the initial spontaneous objections from major politicians, these theses have gained popular support.