How to Use groundswell in a Sentence

groundswell

noun
Definition of groundswellnext
  • Hence the groundswell to hit the pause button, even for just a few days.
    — NBC News, 27 Nov. 2020
  • There’s a huge groundswell of support for the film back home.
    — Stuart Miller, BostonGlobe.com, 21 Feb. 2023
  • But in season 4, the groundswell around it is just wild.
    — Tira Urquhart, refinery29.com, 19 Apr. 2023
  • The groundswell for change in this moment might break the cycle.
    — Tim Prudente, baltimoresun.com, 24 Apr. 2021
  • There's a nice groundswell and a lot of dancing action on the bait.
    — cleveland, 5 Sep. 2019
  • The groundswell of anger had been brewing well before the first vote was cast.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 11 Nov. 2019
  • At the time, there was a groundswell in this country to get something done.
    — NBC News, 13 Sep. 2019
  • And then there was the groundswell of momentum on the other side.
    — Eric Olson, ajc, 1 July 2021
  • There’s been this groundswell of stuff happening for the band.
    — Chris Willman, Variety, 21 Aug. 2021
  • The survey shows no groundswell of support for tax cuts.
    — Bess Levin, vanityfair.com, 21 Sep. 2017
  • And despite the groundswell on a state level, that has yet to happen.
    — Meghan Overdeep, Southern Living, 31 Oct. 2019
  • Whether some bother to do that depends partly on the groundswell around the song.
    — Patrick Ryan, USA TODAY, 28 Aug. 2023
  • There is, indeed, a groundswell of support for the idea that something has to change.
    — New York Times, 22 Apr. 2022
  • Since then, there has been a groundswell of nationwide support for the rights set forth in the new law.
    — Jeanne Shaheen, Glamour, 26 Dec. 2017
  • There's also a groundswell of support from two Saints Pro Bowlers.
    — Larry Holder, NOLA.com, 6 Mar. 2018
  • The groundswell of calls to regulate Big Tech today is no small change.
    — Justin Sherman, Wired, 13 Oct. 2021
  • The show was axed by NBC this summer despite a groundswell of support from fans.
    — Nasha Smith, Forbes, 28 Aug. 2021
  • There is a groundswell of people that have gotten involved in this.
    — Steven Litt, cleveland, 25 Sep. 2020
  • So with the worst abuses out in the open, there was a massive groundswell of support for reform, right?
    — Will Bunch, Philly.com, 17 Oct. 2017
  • Not to overstate the groundswell: That means six respondents named her; five chose him.
    — Susan Page, USA TODAY, 8 Jan. 2024
  • The groundswell of energy that emerged over the next weeks has defined this moment.
    — Nathan Heller, Vogue, 11 Oct. 2024
  • The groundswell of support for Dr. Ford is exactly what the Me Too movement is about.
    — Abby Gardner, Glamour, 24 Sep. 2018
  • But three years later, when her son was born during the groundswell of the #MeToo movement in 2017, the best way to raise him didn't seem so clear.
    — Jessica Dulong, CNN, 25 Mar. 2021
  • But all the work already getting done across the country shows that there’s a groundswell forming.
    — Time, 22 Aug. 2023
  • The men’s deaths led to a groundswell of local organizing.
    — Josiah Bates, Time, 1 June 2020
  • Fangio and Munchak say the small groundswell of coaching talent from the area is due in part to the great coaches that stayed around.
    — Conor Orr, SI.com, 19 Aug. 2019
  • Fraught with bittersweet regret, a groundswell of longing, and, just maybe, a glint of hope.
    — The Atlantic, 11 Aug. 2019
  • There is a groundswell of government support from around the world for these targets.
    — Jeremy Radachowsky, Scientific American, 10 Apr. 2021
  • The past few years have seen a groundswell of concern from researchers about how race, a social construct not based in biology, is misused in biomedicine.
    — Byjocelyn Kaiser, science.org, 30 Oct. 2024
  • That triumph, according to those who experienced it, also required a groundswell of focus and belief leading up to the defining moment.
    — Dan Wiederer, Chicago Tribune, 26 Oct. 2024

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