galvanizing

Example Sentences

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Despite the uproar, experts said the salute by Smith and Carlos was a defining moment for Black people, galvanizing the Civil Rights Movement.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 14, 2026

She died days after the Women’s March, a galvanizing nationwide event attended by many who count her among the forces that awakened their feminism.

From Salon • Jan. 31, 2026

She said the peaceful demonstrations since the start of the sprawling immigration raids were a strength of the movement galvanizing against the raids.

From Barron's • Jan. 31, 2026

Mamdani, 34, a state assemblyman, decisively beat Cuomo in the Democratic primary, galvanizing young voters with a campaign focused on lower rent, free child care and subsidized public transportation.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 23, 2025

But they had not reckoned with the horrors of hex—or with the galvanizing personality of Ernest Lawrence.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik