How to Use groundswell in a Sentence

groundswell

noun
  • These groundswells have had some success.
    — Davood Moradian, The Atlantic, 26 Jan. 2026
  • There’s a huge groundswell of support for the film back home.
    — Stuart Miller, BostonGlobe.com, 21 Feb. 2023
  • Hence the groundswell to hit the pause button, even for just a few days.
    — NBC News, 27 Nov. 2020
  • The groundswell for change in this moment might break the cycle.
    — Tim Prudente, baltimoresun.com, 24 Apr. 2021
  • That is not a groundswell of resistance.
    — Arafat Kabir, Forbes.com, 16 Sep. 2025
  • There's a nice groundswell and a lot of dancing action on the bait.
    — cleveland, 5 Sep. 2019
  • There’s been this groundswell of stuff happening for the band.
    — Chris Willman, Variety, 21 Aug. 2021
  • 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
  • Is there groundswell of wanting to elect an outsider to come in and shake things up?
    — Washington Post, 1 June 2017
  • And then there was the groundswell of momentum on the other side.
    — Eric Olson, ajc, 1 July 2021
  • Yachty is at the center of a groundswell of joyousness in hip-hop.
    — Carrie Battan, The New Yorker, 29 May 2017
  • There is a groundswell of people that have gotten involved in this.
    — Steven Litt, cleveland, 25 Sep. 2020
  • 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
  • Democrats aren’t alone in seeing a groundswell of candidates.
    — Natalie Andrews, WSJ, 5 Mar. 2018
  • Erin is far enough off shore that its waves have a long time to roll in, known as a groundswell instead of a wind swell.
    — Alex Harris, Miami Herald, 19 Aug. 2025
  • 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 has been little of the past groundswell of outrage or sympathy.
    — New York Times, 19 Feb. 2022
  • There was a groundswell of support to go after the world championship again.
    — Jessi Virtusio, chicagotribune.com, 2 June 2017
  • The letter comes amid a groundswell of opposition to the ban.
    — Evan Simko-Bednarski, New York Daily News, 20 June 2025
  • The groundswell of energy that emerged over the next weeks has defined this moment.
    — Nathan Heller, Vogue, 11 Oct. 2024
  • There’s been such a groundswell of love for them in recent years from not just old-school fans, but also from new fans.
    — Devon Ivie, Vulture, 9 Jan. 2025
  • There is a groundswell of government support from around the world for these targets.
    — Jeremy Radachowsky, Scientific American, 10 Apr. 2021
  • The way the roots took, and a foundation morphed into a groundswell.
    — Kansas City Star, 15 Feb. 2026
  • Today, there really isn’t a groundswell of support for the change.
    — Roger Valdez, Forbes, 7 Mar. 2025
  • But all the work already getting done across the country shows that there’s a groundswell forming.
    — Time, 22 Aug. 2023
  • 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
  • Fraught with bittersweet regret, a groundswell of longing, and, just maybe, a glint of hope.
    — The Atlantic, 11 Aug. 2019

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