How to Use galvanize in a Sentence

galvanize

verb
  • The website has galvanized support for the project.
  • The group is hoping to galvanize public opinion against the proposed law.
  • That's the one for me, just galvanized him in my mind.
    — Brian Truitt, USA Today, 5 Sep. 2025
  • The team will be galvanized by that.
    — Miami Herald, 3 Apr. 2026
  • The war galvanized them in a way that haggling over wages and hours no longer did.
    — George Packer, The Atlantic, 16 Mar. 2026
  • A lot of people galvanized around him.
    — Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 13 Nov. 2025
  • And the issue has proven to galvanize Democrats at the polls.
    — Caitlin Huey-Burns, CBS News, 14 June 2024
  • Krebs mentions an ordeal that galvanized her in just that way.
    — Andrew McKean, Outdoor Life, 19 Mar. 2026
  • Maybe that's the final thing that will galvanize us, bring us to our senses.
    — Karen Breslau and Katrina Heron, WIRED, 1 Dec. 2000
  • Yet the contrast is the very thing that’s galvanizing film lovers.
    — Rebecca Rubin, Variety, 17 July 2023
  • That further galvanized for me that hey, there's something here.
    — Kc Baker, People.com, 28 Aug. 2025
  • Our goal was not to induce fear but to incite hope and galvanize viewers.
    — Tonya Lewis Lee, The Hollywood Reporter, 27 Oct. 2022
  • And to be able to galvanize thousands of people from around the world to bring this to life, there's no joke.
    — Derek Lawrence, EW.com, 21 May 2021
  • That day galvanized the nation and marked the dawn of a new Georgia.
    — Tamar Gakharia, Forbes.com, 18 July 2025
  • Are able to galvanize others to stay with and support them through the crisis?
    — Alexander Stein, Forbes, 11 Oct. 2022
  • My skill set is to galvanize and put the right people together.
    — Heran Mamo, Billboard, 17 Feb. 2022
  • He’s both galvanized by the win and exhausted.
    — Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 19 Dec. 2025
  • But last season, the lack of belief from around the league galvanized the Mets.
    — Abbey Mastracco, New York Daily News, 11 Feb. 2025
  • The deaths have galvanized cyclists, who are planning a week of protest and mourning.
    — Andrew Kenney, The Denver Post, 30 July 2019
  • Cowley’s own career had been galvanized by the arrival of just that.
    — Michael Gorra, The Atlantic, 4 Nov. 2025
  • Their deaths galvanized young people across the country.
    — Keri Heath, Austin American Statesman, 4 Mar. 2026
  • It’s made from rust-proof galvanized steel that overlaps to keep the inside dry through storms and snowfall alike.
    — Clint Davis, People.com, 28 Aug. 2025
  • There can also be some element of surprise in what most galvanizes a crowd.
    — Chris Willman, Variety, 27 Sep. 2025
  • Its galvanizing front lights shine down on the crowd, who wave their arms up and down toward the vehicle.
    — Heran Mamo, Billboard, 31 May 2018
  • Much of that is thanks to the pandemic, which helped galvanize support for shorter work hours.
    — Gene Maddaus, Variety, 6 Oct. 2021
  • Still, Ford aims to galvanize its customer base with Lightning and hopes to add to it.
    — Los Angeles Times, 19 May 2021
  • Her courage, in the face of those who wished to silence her, galvanized Americans.
    — Abby Gardner, Glamour, 17 Apr. 2019
  • There’s galvanizing moments for a team throughout the course of a season.
    — Kevin Acee, sandiegouniontribune.com, 11 Apr. 2018
  • Is that quarterback a guy who can galvanize a locker room and rally the troops and get guys to believe in him?
    — Mark Inabinett | [email protected], al, 28 Mar. 2023
  • The new and old faces added in recent weeks have helped galvanize a group that has often seemed disconnected.
    — Jon Krawczynski, New York Times, 6 Mar. 2026

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