ground-swell

I saw that there was a ground-swell of opposition to Bork because most people believe that there is a right to privacy under the Constitution.

The Conservative Assault on the Constitution Erwin Chemerinsky 2010

Here the sea was calm, save for a heavy but smooth ground-swell, and I took in the sea-anchor and began to row.

Chapter 28 2010

There's a ground-swell of diverse and fascinating opinions on Irene Nemirovsky and I read this piece Truth, Lies and Anti-Semitism by Stuart Jeffries in yesterday's Guardian with great interest.

52 entries from February 2007 2007

There's a ground-swell of diverse and fascinating opinions on Irene Nemirovsky and I read this piece Truth, Lies and Anti-Semitism by Stuart Jeffries in yesterday's Guardian with great interest.

Irene and I are almost friends 2007

There's a ground-swell of diverse and fascinating opinions on Irene Nemirovsky and I read this piece Truth, Lies and Anti-Semitism by Stuart Jeffries in yesterday's Guardian with great interest.

Irene and I are almost friends 2007

This must be the first shipment of books by Our Future President, I reasoned, the first sign of the ground-swell or earthquake or sea change or whatever today's seismic metaphor is for American politics.

Why Powell's Race Matters 2008

The spirit of the Atlantic storm had sent forward the token of his coming, in the smooth ground-swell which was heard inland, two miles away.

Westward Ho! 2007

And mind — when you hear a rumbling at the bottom of the sea, sailors will tell you that it is a ground-swell: but now you know better.

The Water Babies 2007

But until the people, until there is a ground-swell, or enough din that the leaders of our government believe that there will be a cost for political inaction and diplomatic inaction that it'll continue to just be business as usual.

CNN Transcript Apr 30, 2007 2007

The crowded populace, as if their motions had corresponded with the unsettled state of their minds, fluctuated to and fro without any visible cause of impulse, like the agitation of the waters, called by sailors the ground-swell.

The Heart of Mid-Lothian 2007