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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• In one, Tim and Nancy Travis thank fans for the groundswell of online support that led to their show coming back.
  — Megan Friedman, Country Living, 10 Sep. 2018
• There has been little of the past groundswell of outrage or sympathy.
  — New York Times, 19 Feb. 2022
• The detentions come against a groundswell of online activism in Egypt.
  — Jared Malsin and Amira El-Fekki, WSJ, 3 Sep. 2020
• That movement, in turn, helped lead to the groundswell of women running for office — and winning — in 2018.
  — Anna North, Vox, 21 Dec. 2018
• Perhaps internal heat is causing a groundswell or triggering eruptions that pile material on the peak.
  — Shi En Kim, Smithsonian Magazine, 22 Oct. 2024

Last Updated: 15 Dec 2024