Sentence examples for something of a movement from inspiring English sources

Such intimate performance experiences have expanded into something of a movement.

"There is something of a movement," said Dr. Rothman, although he added it was still "nascent".

Mike Davis, whose landlubber's vision of one day gripping an oar and skimming a rowboat through the gentle chop of the Hudson River inspired something of a movement to reclaim New York's waterways for recreational use, died in Manhattan on Monday.

Her book has become something of a movement bible here, staying on Canadian best-seller lists since its release in January, just weeks after days of protests at a World Trade Organization meeting in Seattle thrust the complaints of her generation before a global audience.

Her 2013 book 'Lean In' evolved into something of a movement for women in the corporate world.

It's turned into something of a movement, with millions of participants worldwide every year.

"The movement has changed from being a tiny crusade amongst a lonely group of enthusiasts, to something of a national movement," says Durant.

Mr. Welser-Möst, 47, represented something of a youth movement himself when he took over the orchestra in 2002.

Instead, Mr. Sawallisch proved a vigorous leader, instituting something of a youth movement, making room for and hiring gifted new players.

Started five years ago in Washington, D.C., as a forum to allow creative South Asians to thrive in a casual, nurturing environment, "SubDrift" has become something of a nationwide movement, with open-mic nights springing up in New York, Chicago, San Francisco, and Boston.

For those of us long connected with the University of Chicago, the question of the canon assumes special relevance because of the College's ancient association with Mortimer Adler's program in the Great Books, which became something of a national movement in the 1950s and remained so for years.