Examples of groundswell in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Seeking change across an organization by mandating it top-down without looking at ways to create a cultural groundswell bottom-up can put a transformation effort at serious risk of failure. — Barry Po, Forbes, 5 Jan. 2022 The Star Wars edits in particular attract such a groundswell of support that Grace is the subject of a grassroots fan campaign to be cast in the developing Star Wars sequels. — Joe Reid, Vulture, 29 Dec. 2021 These personal recipes of Asian American chefs engendered a groundswell of interest and hunger for chili crisp that laid the foundation for its adoption by food media. — NBC News, 21 Dec. 2021 All of which has led to a groundswell of grievance among coaches, who have been demanding better treatment by the PGA of America. — Eamon Lynch, USA TODAY, 25 Sep. 2021 The plan, proposed by Lincoln Property Co., has been met with a groundswell of criticism from abutters, union members, and affordable housing advocates who see little community benefit to the development. — BostonGlobe.com, 8 Aug. 2021 The groundswell of pressure toward sustainability is driving the oil and gas industry toward a major transformation. — Victoria Rochard, Forbes, 23 Oct. 2021 An industry-wide consultation opened in July seeded a groundswell of support for Channel 4 across the film and TV sector, with high-profile actors and producers chiming in on how essential the broadcaster is to the wider cultural landscape. — Manori Ravindran, Variety, 29 Oct. 2021 If the point of this was to create a groundswell of support so overwhelming that senators from West Virginia and Arizona must succumb to it, that didn't happen. — Scott Jennings, CNN, 22 Oct. 2021

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