galvanize
verb (used with object)
to stimulate by or as if by a galvanic current.
galvanizes
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present tense formof galvanize (3rd person singular).present tense
Used to describe things happening now or regularly.
Example Sentences
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It just sort of galvanizes and I'm seeing all of that now.
From BBC ● Nov. 7, 2025
“There’s a lot to that, as well as the postseason. … But I do think that an experience like this certainly galvanizes, absolutely.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 17, 2025
“Louisiana’s Jena Six beating case galvanizes S.F.’s ‘black MoveOn,’ ” San Francisco Chronicle, Sept. 22, 2007.
From Slate ● Oct. 16, 2024
These dynamics are very different from other evolutionary systems where inter-group conflict galvanizes cooperative responses -- the nested and sequential nature of the evolution of natural resource governance systems causes the difference.
From Science Daily ● Feb. 20, 2024
Seeing the paper chain in danger galvanizes them into action.
From "Linked" by Gordon Korman
