Sentence examples for only popularized from inspiring English sources

While Lee completed only four feature-length films (he died at the age of thirty-two, of a cerebral edema, while working on his final film, "Game of Death"), he not only popularized martial arts as a philosophy but confronted America's racism by example.

Nevermind not only popularized grunge, but also established "the cultural and commercial viability of alternative rock in general".

The success of Nevermind not only popularized grunge, but also established "the cultural and commercial viability of alternative rock in general".

It was really only popularized as a "palliative to sedentariness" in the 1960s, and while any movement is usually better than none, running fails almost every test of a worthy exercise.

The long-awaited redesign is particularly disappointing since it comes from a company that not only popularized the minivan, but for many years produced the benchmark.

However, to be accurate, I not only "popularized the word 'cocooning,' " but in 1981 I was the first to identify this coming consumer behavior, named it, framed it and have leveraged it in much of my strategic work with the Fortune 500.

(Actually, it was coined in the BBC's magazine, The Listener, in 1962, but popularized by Snow's title two years later).

But almost every popularized Bible story leaves out the worst bits, or glosses over the confusing parts.

With the development of internal economies and external trade, gold, silver, and copper or bronze quickly came to be used side by side; Philip II of Macedon popularized gold in Greece, but it became paramount only in the Byzantine and Arab empires and in the great commercial currencies of the Italian republics of the 13th century onward.

MacLeod, 84, and the popular "Love Boat" series popularized cruising during the show's run on ABC from 1977-87.

A quick Wikipedia scour confirms its use was popularized in 16th century, but no one's entirely sure why.