7 sentences with 'sentiment'
Example sentences and phrases with the word sentiment and other words derived from it.
• « The other major power involved in the war, the United States, arrived late to the fighting. The United States was dominated by "isolationist" sentiment until the end of the war. »
• « When ships carrying American civilians were sunk in 1917, American public sentiment finally changed and the US declared war on Germany in April 1917. »
• « A staggering 2.5 million Indian soldiers served the British Empire during World War II despite rising nationalist sentiment, but returned after victory in Europe to find a social and political system that was still designed to keep Indians out of positions of importance in the Indian administration. »
• « The state is usually considered to be "the legally organised nation" and the inhabitants of a nation are united by a common sentiment that underpins their will to be part of that nation. »
• « According to Tocqueville, a newspaper owes its subsistence to the fact that it reproduces a doctrine or a sentiment common to a large number of men; in other words, it represents its readers. »
• « Nevertheless, many Americans rejected the elitist and aristocratic republican order and advocated radical changes. Their efforts represented a groundswell of sentiment for greater equality, part of the democratic impulse unleashed by the Revolution. »
• « After the Mexican War, anti-slavery sentiment crept into American politics when the new Free-Soil party quickly elected Martin Van Buren as its presidential candidate. For the first time, a national political party committed itself to the goal of stopping the expansion of slavery. »