The loss of childhood spontaneity has caused widespread concern, as well as calls for review of the nation's educational and social structures.
Depression is a period marked by slackening of business activity, widespread unemployment, falling prices, and wages, etc.
One student says the purge is still going on in China and terror is widespread.
The widespread application of administrative guidance is considered to be a uniquely Japanese practice in which bureaucrats exert authority, without any legal backing, telling the private sector what to do and what not to do.
There was widespread panic after the earthquake.
The earthquake caused widespread damage.
The jury's guilty verdict gave rise to widespread debate.
The impression that many German wines are sweet, and don't go well with food, is widespread.