Sentence examples for tide of popularity from inspiring English sources

Now the region's growing field of contemporary dance hopes to join the tide of popularity.

When Fallada's novel opens in 1940 the regime was riding a tide of popularity.

The fact that Mr. Sharif is riding a tide of popularity because of his staunch anti-Musharraf stance does not impress the Bush administration, said Daniel Markey, a senior fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations.

When Fallada's novel opens in 1940, the regime was riding a tide of popularity the majority of Germans had willingly embraced the idea of the racial 'people's community' and were benefiting from a rapacious empire.

Grant was riding a rising tide of popularity, and there was talk that a Union victory early in the year could lead to his candidacy for the presidency.

Though the high tide of his popularity was in the 30's, Popeye has spent a lot of time in the bilge since then.

Like the leading man of Jane Austen and Bridget Jones, Obama can, as Austen wrote, draw "the attention of the room by his fine, tall person, handsome features, noble mien....he was looked at with great admiration for about half the evening, till his manners gave a disgust which turned the tide of his popularity; for he was discovered to be proud, to be above his company, and above being pleased".

Swimming against the tide of popular culture.

"He is trying to stem the tide of his sinking popularity, in Carinthia as well as nationally, with a tried and tested populist pattern," Mr. Talos said.

"No one can think of arresting them".Fatah's leaders, seeking to swim with the tide of the protesters' popularity, have had to let themselves be swept along by the Islamist surge.

The bands led by the black pianist Fletcher Henderson in the 1920s were especially important in disseminating these musical ideas, which were picked up by white orchestras riding the later tide of swing's popularity.