How to Use popularize in a Sentence

popularize

verb

• The book presents a popularized version of American history.
• Dream analysis was popularized by Sigmund Freud.
• According to Imo’s, the now-franchised restaurant that opened in 1964 and popularized the style, the choice to use it was the whim of a cook.
  — Emily Heil, Washington Post, 31 Aug. 2023
• Red Bull was one of the first brands to popularize slim cans, and White Claw saw success with its hard seltzer in thin white cans.
  — Nathaniel Meyersohn, CNN, 30 Mar. 2023
• At the time, no one would’ve called the looks timeless, but the Y2K style Hilton helped popularize—low-rise jeans and going-out tops—has come back around.
  — Harper's BAZAAR, 16 Feb. 2023
• There was no vote on the rugby-style push-play that the Eagles popularized in 2022, but the debate around it was contentious.
  — Ben Volin, BostonGlobe.com, 1 Apr. 2023
• When first popularized, it was worn by men and women alike, but in the 1920s, U.S. department stores claimed blue for boys and pink for girls.
  — Karena Phan, Fortune, 21 July 2023
• Robbins popularized the belief that the mind follows where the body leads.
  — Tad Friend, The New Yorker, 4 Dec. 2023
• The booklet was released in hopes that the ideas will help popularize a centrist third-party White House run.
  — Kelsey Walsh, ABC News, 17 July 2023
• Puente would go on to popularize Afro-Cuban and Caribbean sounds like mambo and cha-cha-chá.
  — Veronica Villafañe, Forbes, 11 Oct. 2022
• An innovative take on a fruit-forward recipe popularized in the 1960s, this dessert is worth the revival.
  — Southern Living Editors, Southern Living, 24 June 2023
• The rule stopping the clock on first downs dates to 1967, decades before the hurry-up offenses popularized in college games.
  — Kirk Kenney, San Diego Union-Tribune, 31 Aug. 2023
• Miguel, who records solely in Spanish, was the best-selling Latin artist of the '90s and is credited with popularizing the bolero genre in the mainstream.
  — Ed Masley, The Arizona Republic, 31 Mar. 2024
• But in 1973, the family sold their company to Coca-Cola, which used the brand to popularize boxed wines.
  — Jonah Valdez, Los Angeles Times, 15 Sep. 2022
• One animal that helped popularize that notion is the killer whale.
  — Saima May Sidik, WIRED, 3 Dec. 2022
• People dressed up to see acts like Madonna and Nirvana in the '80s and '90s fashion staples those artists popularized, from lace gloves and ra-ra skirts to thrift store T-shirts and Converse shoes.
  — Frances Solá-Santiago, refinery29.com, 27 July 2023
• Most of the West Coast shore is steep, rocky and pounded by powerful waves, and the beach culture popularized by movies and advertising is largely a myth.
  — Phil Diehl, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Sep. 2023
• The term was popularized by a New York cover story last December, and has since resulted in a fair amount of debate.
  — James Hibberd, The Hollywood Reporter, 7 Sep. 2023
• The phrase, which is believed to have been popularized through social media in 2017, has been used by white supremacists.
  — Chloe Taylor, Fortune, 27 Feb. 2023
• Long Johns were popularized by grunge musicians for good reason: many of them were from the Pacific Northwest, where cold, damp weather is the norm.
  — Kristine Solomon, Travel + Leisure, 10 Feb. 2024
• Hundreds of books attempting to popularize Stoicism have appeared over the past few years.
  — Tom Bissell, Harper’s Magazine , 10 Apr. 2023
• In a decision that would be second-guessed for years to come, Twitter also shut down Vine, its video app that had popularized the concept of short, bite-sized videos.
  — Kurt Wagner, Fortune, 21 Feb. 2024
• Capote's story was one of the first true crime books ever written, and credited with popularizing the genre.
  — Town & Country, 28 Feb. 2023
• The franchise owes much of its initial success to YouTube gamers and streamers, such as Cory, who popularized the game, which had built a reputation for its wild jump scares.
  — Jonah Valdez, Los Angeles Times, 28 June 2023
• For those looking to try the buzzy latte makeup trend popularized by Hailey Bieber, self-tanner can be your secret weapon.
  — Calin Van Paris, Vogue, 27 July 2023
• Then doughnuts — easy to make with limited ingredients — were served to soldiers on the front lines of the First and Second World Wars, popularizing them across the country.
  — Alyssa Fowers, Washington Post, 2 June 2023
• The Stock Trader’s Almanac popularized the theory that as goes January, so goes the year.
  — Hardika Singh, WSJ, 4 Jan. 2024
• The drugs have been in shortage ever since celebrities began popularizing them, leaving gaps in care among people who need such drugs more.
  — Meghana Keshavan, STAT, 8 Mar. 2024
• Since the Gutenberg Bible popularized movable type nearly 600 years ago, typesetters and designers have been trying to pick the best fonts.
  — Leslie Shapiro, Washington Post, 26 June 2023
• These were staples of their youth, popularized on television, film, and radio.
  — Odie Henderson, BostonGlobe.com, 4 May 2023

Last Updated: 3 May 2024