Example Sentences

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And while he’s happy for these books’ popularities, he says that some subjects may be better told by kids who also aren’t tasked with saving the world.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 10, 2026

We have seen extended popularities of “connect the dots,” “touching base,” “walking you through,” “deep dive,” “gain traction” and “circle back.”

From Washington Post • Jul. 31, 2017

That is, the difference between the popularities of a given song in different “worlds” increased as the strength of social influence increased.

From Scientific American • Jun. 18, 2013

I should say that the popularity of M. Ohnet, like other popularities in England as well as in France, is quite explicable.

From A History of the French Novel, Vol. 2 To the Close of the 19th Century by Saintsbury, George

In literature, too, there have been seen popularities greater even than Scott's, and nothing perennial in the interior of them.

From The Best of the World's Classics, Vol. V (of X) - Great Britain and Ireland III by Lodge, Henry Cabot