Sentence examples for groundswell of popularity from inspiring English sources

Thanks to the groundswell of popularity, the 2010 World Equestrian Games, for the first time in its history, will be held outside Europe and the U.S. Just as noteworthy, reining is likely to achieve Olympic status in the 2012 Summer Olympic Games.

He met the rising groundswell of popular unrest with intensified police repression.

Coupled with this groundswell of popular support was the backing of the unions early in July.

Opinion polls commissioned by the campaign show a groundswell of popular support for tougher arms controls.

By 1469, Edward's groundswell of popular support had eroded away.

Like Navalny.ru, RosPil.info makes for dense reading, but its popularity suggests a groundswell of of public anger.

Columbia, which saw a 32 percent groundswell in interest this year with the adoption of the Common Application, is now second in the Ivy League in terms of popularity.

He even enjoys a kind of popularity.

His graph of popularity is quite low.

The party's popularity was based on a groundswell of anti-French feeling in northern Vietnam in the 1920s; many writers had assailed society for glorifying military actions against China, Champa, Siam and Cambodia, Vietnam's historical rivals, while neglecting to oppose French colonialism.

"The Good War and Those Who Refused to Fight It," which closely follows the experiences of 10 conscientious objectors, runs counter to both the groundswell of gratitude for World War II veterans and the popularity of the present war against terrorism.