Sentence examples for popularity towards from inspiring English sources

Bean curd – aka tofu – found a kind of muted popularity towards the end of the last century, bigged up in diet columns and trumpeted by rabidly proselytising vegetarians.

A number of the stocks, including B&M and Card Factory, enjoyed a steady build-up in popularity towards the end of the year.

But just as Vermeer's fortunes changed, so his Girl experienced a surge in popularity towards the end of the 20th Century.

Following the iPad's unveiling in January, people seem fairly evenly split about whether the device will be a failure, or the next big thing (I'm on the record as saying I think it will take some time to catch on, but then will quickly rise in popularity towards the future of computing).

His popularity peaked towards the end of Boris Yeltsin's presidency, when he supported inquiries into allegations of corrupt practice by Yeltsin and his entourage.

In an interview in March 2014, he talked about how the pressures of popularity drove him towards alcohol and drug use.

I have my own reservations, but I suspect they will be blown away by the piece's march towards popularity.

The odds had been stacked against McCain from the start, linked, as he was, to Bush, with his near-record low popularity ratings, hostility towards the Iraq war and an impending recession.

The arguments relating to the growing voyeurism of modern society are heated ones; as some one who has read Ben Elton's excellent take on the medium "Chart Throb" I've become very skeptical towards popularity contests, although I still find myself watching them from time to time.

The original Texas Giant was well received, though its popularity had declined towards the end of its operation.

I wrote about it in the Huffington Post and created a group on Goodreads and, while some people were derisive of my lean towards popularity -- I should only be reading "good" books apparently, or at the very least, obscure ones -- most people who took the time to comment on my post or write me about it were very enthusiastic.