Sentence examples for were galvanized to from inspiring English sources

It's fair to hope for further triumphs from them all; you could see how soloists and corps dancers were galvanized to new luster by their presence.

Another factor is complicating efforts to sort fraud from fact: Election analysts say that in the second round, Afghanistan's largest ethnic group, the Pashtuns — faced with a choice between Mr. Ghani, a fellow Pashtun, and Mr. Adbullah, who is closely linked to the Tajik-based Northern Alliance — were galvanized to vote for Mr. Ghani in larger numbers.

Many Democrats were galvanized to act after a gunman strode into a movie theater in Aurora in July and opened fire on the full midnight house, killing 12, wounding dozens and evoking painful memories of an earlier shooting: the 1999 massacre at Columbine High School.

Social scientists, who long theorized Black inferiority during the heydays of slavery, were galvanized to observe and quantify the behavior of freed Blacks.

I and thousands of other students were galvanized to strike our blow for freedom, giving birth to the sit-in movement, the formation of SNCC, and a new era of student activism that energized the larger Civil Rights Movement.

Mrs Clinton "needs" to stay in the race to make sure her supporters are "galvanized" to vote in November.

True, some of us might be galvanized to join whatever struggle is at hand, or at the very least donate.

Yale SOM alumni are galvanized to strengthen the tradition of Reunion Giving at the school, and in doing so, set the cornerstone for Yale SOM's fifth decade.

If terrorists were putting phthalates in our drinking water, we would be galvanized to defend ourselves and to spend billions of dollars to ensure our safety.

Often this happens when people who would otherwise sit on the sidelines perceive a real threat in not acting, and are galvanized to join the movement.

Because this is the only county voting — and the margin needed for victory is known — supporters of both Mr. Romney and Mr. Paul could be galvanized to flood the caucus sites.