Sentence examples for galvanized opposition from inspiring English sources

Most Germans have a deep-seated aversion to nuclear power, and the damage at the Fukushima Daiichi plant in Japan has galvanized opposition.

It has also prompted calls for hearings in the Colombian Senate over the issue of spraying and has galvanized opposition among some lawmakers.

That power, more than any other part of the act, has galvanized opposition to the law from civil rights advocates, library associations, community groups and others.

As my colleague David Kirkpatrick reports, Egypt's new president, Mohamed Morsi, is engaged in a two-front battle of wills, with the country's courts on one side and a galvanized opposition in the streets on the other.

The law, which went into effect in July, has galvanized opposition to some other changes here lately, including environmental rules and a law that revamps the school financing system.

Recent disquiet over the re-appointment of José Manuel Barroso as European Commission president has galvanized opposition in some countries to those who — like Mr. Blair — advocate a free-market economic philosophy.

Having learned their lesson through TV-galvanized opposition to the war in Vietnam, politicians on the eve of Desert Storm knew they had to limit the loss of American life and the press coverage of that which did occur.

The government's stance has galvanized the opposition and antinuclear and renewable energy lobbies.

Still, Democrats have been galvanized by opposition to the war in Iraq, which has consistently been greater here than nationwide.

His candidacy had galvanized the opposition of a local literary pantheon, including Norman Mailer, Nat Hentoff and others, who thought his prosecution of Mr. Bruce had been excessively harsh.

Brian Brown, executive director of the conservative Family Institute of Connecticut, said the court's decision had galvanized the opposition to battle same-sex marriage even more energetically.