Sentence examples for modern popularity from inspiring English sources

Prescott's modern popularity, however, rests with his epic History of the Conquest of Mexico and his History of the Conquest of Peru.

The early travelers to the Alps were greatly inspired by the pristine beauty of what they saw, and from their inspiration sprang the modern popularity of the Alpine region.

The use of unusually long putters goes back many decades, though its modern popularity likely dates to 1989, when Orville Moody used one to win the United States Senior Open.

Ketchup's modern popularity with Americans originates from the British, who took to it in the early 18th century, slathering it upon otherwise inedible British food.

Generally speaking, a number of dances (also known as razfah or ayyala) of Bedouin origin use weapons and have achieved modern popularity in the Arab states of the Persian Gulf and are associated with festive occasions among the non-Bedouin sedentary population.

Tamir Khason wrote an article about four years ago theorizing that there's a direct correlation between the modern-day popularity of a particular programming language and how much facial hair the inventor of that language has.

Despite her popularity, "Modern Family" is not a hit with Hispanic viewers.

He was referring to the midcentury modern stuff whose popularity never seems to wane.

Japan, one of the few non-Western nations where traditional sports still rival modern ones in popularity, is also one of the few non-Western nations to contribute significantly to the repertory of modern sports.

While recognising its wide popularity, modern critics have divided opinions on the work; Theodor W. Adorno, Robert Simpson and Jonathan Carr found its optimism unconvincing, and considered it artistically and musically inferior to Mahler's other symphonies.

Though westerns were once as ubiquitous in Hollywood as comic book films are now, and shaped the cinematic sensibilities of many modern directors, their popularity waned in the 1970s.