POPULARITY in a Sentence

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268 example sentences for POPULARITY, such as:

1. Jeans are popular among the young.
2. Mary is popular among the students.
3. Ice cream is popular among children.
4. Shrimps are a popular type of seafood.
5. Hence the popularity of spring among thinkers.

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 Meanings and Examples of POPULARITY
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popularity
 n.  quality of being widely admired or accepted or sought after
Classic Sentence: (111 in 8 pages)
1  Rumors of Abolitionist sympathies did not enhance the popularity of the MacIntoshes.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER III
2  Appearances were enough, for the appearances of ladyhood won her popularity and that was all she wanted.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER III
3  "Honey'll never catch anybody else if she doesn't marry Charlie," said Randa, cruel and secure in her own popularity.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER V
4  She was as charming a widow as she had been a girl, pleasant when she had her own way, obliging as long as it did not discommode her, vain of her looks and her popularity.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XII
5  But even with this under-cover gossip seeping about, he could have retained his popularity had he considered it worth retaining.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XII
6  The library at Bellomont was in fact never used for reading, though it had a certain popularity as a smoking-room or a quiet retreat for flirtation.
House of Mirth By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: Chapter 5
7  Though his popularity was of the quiet kind, felt rather than actively expressed among his friends, she had never mistaken his inconspicuousness for obscurity.
House of Mirth By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: Chapter 6
8  Cuzak questioned me about her looks, her popularity, her voice; but he particularly wanted to know whether I had noticed her tiny feet, and whether I thought she had saved much money.
My Antonia By Willa Cather
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 5. Cuzak's Boys: II
9  He was, in truth, their ruler; and, so long as he could maintain his popularity, no monarch could be more despotic, especially while the tribe continued in a hostile country.
The Last of the Mohicans By James Fenimore Cooper
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 27
10  Hence the popularity of spring among thinkers.
Les Misérables 1 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 3: CHAPTER IV—THOLOMYES IS SO MERRY THAT HE SINGS A SPANISH ...
11  , his consideration, his good name, his good works, the deference and veneration paid to him, his charity, his wealth, his popularity, his virtue, would be seasoned with a crime.
Les Misérables 1 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 7: CHAPTER III—A TEMPEST IN A SKULL
12  Thus, to give an example, the popularity of Mademoiselle Mars among that little audience of stormy children was seasoned with a touch of irony.
Les Misérables 3 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: CHAPTER III—HE IS AGREEABLE
13  Incorruptible by sacristans, by whippers-in, by ballet-dancers; this made a part of his bourgeois popularity.
Les Misérables 4 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: CHAPTER III—LOUIS PHILIPPE
14  Wine enjoys only a conventional popularity with serious drinkers.
Les Misérables 4 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 12: CHAPTER II—PRELIMINARY GAYETIES
15  In this manner did Prince John endeavour to lay the foundation of a popularity, which he was perpetually throwing down by some inconsiderate act of wanton aggression upon the feelings and prejudices of the people.
Ivanhoe By Walter Scott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER VIII
Example Sentence: (157 in 11 pages)
16  The opinion polls show a significant fall in her popularity.
17  The rose was chosen as the star flower because of its immense popularity.
18  The popularity of convenience foods means that many people no longer eat enough fresh produce.
19  Chancellor Merkel's own popularity ratings have taken a battering.
20  The popularity of the daguerreotype in the middle of the 19th century was due in large part to the demand for inexpensive portraiture.
21  According to popular folklore, anyone who owns such a picture will have bad luck.
22  According to popular mythology , school days are the best days of your life.
23  Mary is popular among the students.
24  Ice cream is popular among children.
25  Jeans are popular among the young.
26  The display juxtaposed images from serious and popular art.
27  The town is a popular destination for art lovers.
28  This is the most popular ball game ever devised.
29  He joined an Indonesian Boy Scout troop and played soccer, which would not become popular in the United States until years later.
30  Shrimps are a popular type of seafood.