upsurge
IPA: ˈʌpsɝdʒ
noun
- A sudden strong rise or flow.
verb
- (intransitive) to surge up, or to become stronger or greater
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Examples of "upsurge" in Sentences
- The apogee of this upsurge was in the 19C.
- The upsurge of violence is a big social problem.
- An upsurge in violence also occurred following the revolution.
- I wonder what is causing the upsurge in vandalism to his page.
- However, all of the titles experienced a large upsurge in sales.
- Gordon tells him about the recent upsurge in gang related violence.
- James I faced an upsurge in hostility from the pulpit and the press.
- The reaction to these events was an upsurge of nationalist sentiment.
- Although the price rose briefly to EUR 50, the upsurge was not to last.
- But because of the mass upsurge of 1969, the government had to defer the date.
- SouthwestThe current situation is very serious because it’s what we call an upsurge.
- In 1998, the catalyst that triggered the upsurge was a “surprise” federal funds cut.
- There is the new story that unfolds in the logically upsurge from the initial the single post interval
- We felt a certain upsurge of national pride when the Canadian dollar reacted so strongly in the free money market.
- The report dubs the upsurge in cycle sales among this demographic as "the noughties version of the mid-life crisis".
- Representative Ashraf Qazi, "condemned in the strongest terms the upsurge in violence in Iraq which targeted innocent civilians in popular markets and universities."
- “You look at what Doug Flutie did for Boston College,” he says, referring to an upsurge in applications that school enjoyed after a “Hail Mary” pass by the diminutive quarterback beat Miami on the final play of a nationally-televised game in 1984.
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