galvanize
Example Sentences
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The attack has already galvanized some Kurds in Syria and the wider region against the government.
Her Pentecostal faith would guide Parton in her desire to become a singer; a moment connecting with the Lord in an abandoned chapel galvanized her musical aspirations and future.
From Los Angeles Times
Attendees, said the Times, were “galvanized by Mamdani’s big win” in New York.
The accident, which spawned congressional hearings, litigation and a criminal probe, galvanized opponents of nuclear power.
She was re-elected to Congress in 1941 and argued against America joining the fight in World War II. But the Japanese bombing of Pearl Harbor later that year galvanized the country.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
