How to Use groundswell in a Sentence

groundswell

noun

• 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
• Is there groundswell of wanting to elect an outsider to come in and shake things up?
  — Washington Post, 1 June 2017
• Yachty is at the center of a groundswell of joyousness in hip-hop.
  — Carrie Battan, The New Yorker, 29 May 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 was no great popular groundswell against the Court.
  — Dan McLaughlin, National Review, 8 Jan. 2025
• 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
• There was a groundswell of support to go after the world championship again.
  — Jessi Virtusio, chicagotribune.com, 2 June 2017
• The men’s deaths led to a groundswell of local organizing.
  — Josiah Bates, Time, 1 June 2020
• But there’s a groundswell of artists — notably Billie Eilish and Coldplay — changing how concerts are staged from the bottom up.
  — Julia MacCary, Variety, 3 Jan. 2025

Last Updated: 19 Feb 2025