noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
national
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Surely now national sentiment demanded that he return to Baghdad and await big bombs dispatched by white-gloved Westerners.
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Nowadays such national sentiments are also defended by those who place themselves within the traditions of liberalism.
nationalist
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According to Western reports, officials in Xinjiang had acknowledged the impact of rising nationalist sentiment across the border in the Soviet Union.
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Many observers are worried that a resurgent interest in local cultures must inevitably lead to xenophobia and ultra-\#nationalist sentiment .
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Transnational links were shattered by closing frontiers and the tide of nationalist sentiment sweeping through society.
nationalistic
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Though, as we discuss below, this provision has been modified, the nationalistic sentiment was clearly registered by prospective buyers.
popular
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In effect, the proposals discussed above take no account at all of popular sentiment .
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That was the message that the two businessmen carried to other neighboring communities. Popular sentiment was on their side.
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The real problem with assessing popular sentiment over the 1790s is the interplay of contradictory forces shifting it between radicalism and loyalism.
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Though they were breaking the law, the popular sentiment was such that they were seldom prosecuted.
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In his biographical criticism this took the form of showing how popular sentiment acting on suggestible minds simplified people into myths.
public
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But analysts said politics and public sentiment almost certainly played key roles.
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It is imperative that courts decide cases based solely on the evidence and never on public sentiment , however strong.
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Are there more representative ways in which public sentiments regarding governmental action may be expressed? 2.
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A massive change of public sentiment is always overdetermined.
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Yet in the years before 1938 Eden was obviously closer than his critics to public sentiment .
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Rojas did not attend the meeting, which was the first of four sessions held to gauge public sentiment .
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BIn this saga of judicial wrangling, the government misread public sentiment .
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Clearly miscalculating public sentiment as well as underestimating his rival, in 1999 Netanyahu adopted the same strategy.
religious
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The anticlerical feeling was not incompatible with a very active religious sentiment .
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In the very next county, he alleged, five or six well-meaning men were suffering for having published mild religious sentiments .
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Why is Feuerbach suspicious of religious ideas and sentiments ?
similar
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And I could turn out imitative verse which expressed similar sentiments .
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Ruskin, too, had similar sentiments about Lasinio.
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Ray Cochrane has expressed similar sentiments .
■ NOUN
market
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The record price caused a revolution in market sentiment .
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Figures showing a fall last month in official reserves did not dent market sentiment .
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During the first week in March, market sentiment was anticipating a cut in base rates.
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Moreover, stock market sentiment is still flowing strongly against techs.
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They may also arrange sub-underwriting of any cash underwritten alternative and provide valuable feedback on market sentiments regarding the offer.
■ VERB
agree
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I agreed with his sentiment , of course.
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Mr. Hughes I am not sure that I can agree with the last sentiment that my hon. Friend expressed.
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P White I agree with all those sentiments , especially the one about Bailie.
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Robertson found himself agreeing with its sentiments .
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Those who saw Fred play will fully agree with those sentiments .
echo
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Forgive me if I share them with you, in the hope that they may echo your own sentiments .
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He was echoing the sentiments of almost every one of his coworkers.
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Furthermore, what the men express echoes the sentiments of soldiers in wars throughout history.
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Ann Lewis, spokesperson for the Clinton reelection campaign echoes that sentiment for the Democratic side.
echoed
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Andreeva's letter had echoed such sentiments: indeed it had gone further and was completely incompatible with the principles of restructuring.
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Four months later, Cornish echoed the sentiment in a letter to Stewart.
express
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And I could turn out imitative verse which expressed similar sentiments .
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He sent this humorous little roofer to express his sentiments .
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Ray Cochrane has expressed similar sentiments .
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Furthermore, what the men express echoes the sentiments of soldiers in wars throughout history.
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This is a family peculiarity-a reticence in expressing sentiment or deep feeling.
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Yet, they were expressing the sentiment of every Koreanthat this division was unnatural.
reflect
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I know that, in saying that, I reflect the sentiments of all hon. Members.
share
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Though his language is softer, Sweeney shares these sentiments .
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President Wahid did not share these sentiments .
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That Liza did not appear to share these sentiments was something which Harriet grieved over and found hard to accept.
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She did not share his sentiments .
voice
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There is evidence, from a variety of sources, that ordinary people voicing anti-black sentiments typically deny their own prejudices.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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He was overwhelmed by sentiment as he thought of his wife.
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Most people were outraged by the bombing, and their letters of sympathy reflected this sentiment .
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Several meetings were held to determine what public sentiment was on the issue.
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The speeches were full of nationalist sentiments.
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Those are fine sentiments, boy, but they're only going to cause you trouble.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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He could afford his lofty sentiment .
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He makes no record of his own sentiments at this point; nor of what he said in reply.
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The characters have a heightened and highly emotional response to events, actions and sentiments.
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These sentiments remained with him until the morning light came shining through the windows.
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They could have done without De Gaulle's sentiment .
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This was a sentiment roundly endorsed by all present.
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Yet in the face of this particular story such sentiments can seem like pious claptrap.
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Your sentiments have been echoed in the faculty chambers along with many others.