How to Use galvanize in a Sentence

galvanize

verb
  • The website has galvanized support for the project.
  • The group is hoping to galvanize public opinion against the proposed law.
  • Punk rock was born in the U.S., but it was galvanized in the U.K.
    William Goodman, Billboard, 1 Nov. 2017
  • And the issue has proven to galvanize Democrats at the polls.
    Caitlin Huey-Burns, CBS News, 14 June 2024
  • In 2020, the George Floyd protests had galvanized the city.
    USA Today, 26 June 2023
  • Over the years, so many people have told me how the show galvanized them to seek help.
    Rebecca Phelps, Marie Claire, 27 Sep. 2018
  • And to be able to galvanize thousands of people from around the world to bring this to life, there's no joke.
    Derek Lawrence, EW.com, 21 May 2021
  • Yet the contrast is the very thing that’s galvanizing film lovers.
    Rebecca Rubin, Variety, 17 July 2023
  • Still, Ford aims to galvanize its customer base with Lightning and hopes to add to it.
    Los Angeles Times, 19 May 2021
  • The 16th is a day for waking up and getting on with it, with a galvanizing new Moon in your sign.
    Katharine Merlin, Town & Country, 16 Aug. 2023
  • Maybe that's the final thing that will galvanize us, bring us to our senses.
    Karen Breslau and Katrina Heron, WIRED, 1 Dec. 2000
  • Are able to galvanize others to stay with and support them through the crisis?
    Alexander Stein, Forbes, 11 Oct. 2022
  • Native youth were galvanized by the birth of the Red Power movement.
    Ruth Hopkins, Teen Vogue, 7 Mar. 2019
  • The deaths have galvanized cyclists, who are planning a week of protest and mourning.
    Andrew Kenney, The Denver Post, 30 July 2019
  • Her courage, in the face of those who wished to silence her, galvanized Americans.
    Abby Gardner, Glamour, 17 Apr. 2019
  • In the end, that message galvanized their constituents.
    oregonlive.com, 30 June 2019
  • At a moment of terror, Giuliani found words to console and galvanize the city and the country.
    Chris Megerian, Los Angeles Times, 13 Sep. 2022
  • The substitution seemed to galvanize the English, with the team playing with more verve and pace.
    Ben Morse, CNN, 14 July 2024
  • Which will galvanize us into full-scale war against you.
    Charles Krauthammer, Twin Cities, 4 June 2017
  • The message that could galvanize voters in the midterms is at Democrats’ fingertips.
    Faiz Shakir, The New Republic, 14 Feb. 2022
  • Our goal was not to induce fear but to incite hope and galvanize viewers.
    Tonya Lewis Lee, The Hollywood Reporter, 27 Oct. 2022
  • Its galvanizing front lights shine down on the crowd, who wave their arms up and down toward the vehicle.
    Heran Mamo, Billboard, 31 May 2018
  • With a bye looming the following week, Kingsbury and his staff must find a way to galvanize the group and keep them locked in and willing to fight to the end.
    Bob McManaman, The Arizona Republic, 25 Nov. 2022
  • My skill set is to galvanize and put the right people together.
    Heran Mamo, Billboard, 17 Feb. 2022
  • Much of that is thanks to the pandemic, which helped galvanize support for shorter work hours.
    Gene Maddaus, Variety, 6 Oct. 2021
  • Celtics fans have to have faith that behind the scenes, away from the public appearances, Tatum is putting in the work and will galvanize his teammates.
    Gary Washburn, BostonGlobe.com, 4 Aug. 2022
  • There’s galvanizing moments for a team throughout the course of a season.
    Kevin Acee, sandiegouniontribune.com, 11 Apr. 2018
  • Is that quarterback a guy who can galvanize a locker room and rally the troops and get guys to believe in him?
    Mark Inabinett | Minabinett@al.com, al, 28 Mar. 2023
  • And then what it's done is, it's actually galvanized everybody to having something to aim at.
    Daniela Avila, Peoplemag, 16 Aug. 2024
  • The passage of the foreign-influence law has been similarly galvanizing.
    Nadia Beard, The New Yorker, 7 Aug. 2024

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