Example sentences for: surging

How can you use “surging” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • The WSJ says it's very unlikely Starr will bring criminal charges against President Clinton while he's in office, but that he will probably dump the matter into Congress' lap as a potential impeachment case, thus plunging the country into a "wrenching political dilemma" given the president's surging popularity.

  • Du Bois wrote, "Progress in human affairs is more often a pull than a push, a surging forward of the exceptional man, and the lifting of his duller brethren slowly and painfully to his vantage-ground."

  • As the number of officers declined and overseas facilities were closed, the DCI and his managers responded to developing crises in the Balkans or in Africa by "surging," or taking officers from across the service to use on the immediate problem.

  • Although the results of the strikes in Sudan and Afghanistan could not be immediately confirmed, the critical factor here is not the damage that was caused but the signal that Washington sent in response to surging international Islamic fundamentalist terrorism."

  • Not content with taking over from Montréal as the nation’s business capital, Toronto is surging forward with a vigorous cultural and social life.


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