Sentences with 'groundswell'
Example sentences and phrases with the word groundswell and other words derived from it.
• « Still, it would be a mistake to assume that there was a groundswell of support for breaking away from the British Empire and creating a new independent nation. »
• « The groundswell of support for their cause of independence in 1776 was also largely due to the appearance of an anonymous pamphlet, first published in January 1776, entitled Common Sense. Thomas Paine, who had emigrated from England to Philadelphia in 1774, was the author. Possibly the most radical pamphlet of the Revolutionary era, Common Sense was a powerful argument for independence. »
• « 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. »