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Example sentences for "popular sentiment"

  • Popular sentiment is often created by intemperate speeches, and sustained by misrepresentation.

  • Under it none may hope to enjoy liberty but those who are willing to swim in the stream of popular sentiment--a stream oftener filthy than clean!

  • It may be held that in popular governments the constitutions and laws enacted in accordance therewith are but the expressions of popular sentiment.

  • Can it be possible that the United States are ignorant of popular sentiment here?

  • Beauregard has not been removed from his command,--it would be too great a shock to popular sentiment.

  • But he thinks a return to the system of volunteering would answer to fill the ranks with white men; also suggests that the President concede something to popular sentiment--restore Gen.

  • Thus peace abroad was secured and popular sentiment at home was appeased; and after all the temporary detention of the two Confederate ministers had fully accomplished its purpose.

  • Popular sentiment in England was opposed to the French alliance.

  • His death was undoubtedly a shock to popular sentiment, and weakened Somerset’s position, so that his fall followed the more easily after the rural risings which turned the majority of the Council decisively against him.

  • It was in deference to popular sentiment, as much as in accordance with his views of the necessity of the military situation, that President Davis, about the middle of July, relieved General Johnston from command.

  • It passed the House at Washington, but was rejected by the Senate, not so quickly open to popular sentiment.

  • The friends of the administration sought, indeed, to stem the tide; and a series of skillfully devised popular gatherings was held, very probably inspired by Van Buren, who highly estimated such organized appeals to popular sentiment.

  • No vague, no thoughtless rush of popular sentiment touched or shook this faith of Van Buren.

  • Yet it is equally evident that when once a warlike enterprise has been entered upon so far as to commit the nation to hostilities, it will have the cordial support of popular sentiment even if it is patently an aggressive war.

  • When a warlike enterprise has been entered upon, it will have the support of popular sentiment even if it is an aggressive war, 22.


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    Some common collocations, pairs and triplets of words:
    already indicated; blue flag; field sports; foreign land; free and independent states; infinite justice; never again; philosophical works; popular belief; popular education; popular election; popular government; popular governments; popular language; popular literature; popular referendum; popular superstition; popular tradition; popular vote; popular vote for five; popular vote for four; popular vote from single; popularly called; popularly known; sitting here; you put