How to Use prevail in a Sentence

prevail

verb
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  • Mutual respect prevails among students and teachers here.
  • The house was built in the style that prevailed in the 1980s.
  • The truth is, games will be played and the sport will prevail.
    — Joe Freeman, oregonlive, 7 Aug. 2023
  • It’s not always the best team, but the hottest, that tends to prevail in the end.
    — John Shea, San Francisco Chronicle, 25 Sep. 2021
  • At the end of the sequence, the ego prevails and stands tall over the shadows.
    — Natalie Morin, refinery29.com, 17 Jan. 2020
  • But the marchers had faith that God and Trump would prevail.
    — Washington Post, 8 Nov. 2020
  • But that could change if the plaintiffs prevail in the case.
    — Mike Cason | McAson@al.com, al, 26 Dec. 2022
  • Khrushchev is not aware that the gates of hell shall not prevail against us. . . .
    — Peter J. Travers, National Review, 29 Mar. 2022
  • None of this means Russia won't prevail in Kyiv in the end.
    — W. James Antle Iii, The Week, 4 Mar. 2022
  • That seems to be the prevailing opinion around the country, by the way.
    — Gregg Doyel, Indianapolis Star, 9 Sep. 2017
  • The sad truth of it all, though, is that in this instance, evil prevailed.
    — SI.com, 5 June 2018
  • But Panic! prevailed in the end, winning video of the year.
    — Paul Grein, Billboard, 19 Aug. 2019
  • But, in all of those cases, at the end of the day, cooler heads prevailed.
    — Monica Eng, chicagotribune.com, 27 Feb. 2018
  • Cooler heads have prevailed and the duo went back to work.
    — Andreas Hale, Billboard, 8 June 2018
  • And in the end, truth always will kind of prevail itself.
    — Dalton Ross, EW.com, 13 Apr. 2022
  • The song is the prevailing single to come out of the beef between Lamar and Drake.
    — Thania Garcia, Variety, 15 July 2024
  • If East shifts to hearts at Trick Two, South can still prevail.
    — Frank Stewart, The Mercury News, 1 June 2024
  • Much cooler weather prevailed along the coast, from the mid-70s to mid-80s.
    — Ethan Baron, The Mercury News, 3 July 2024
  • To win, Uber and Lyft must prevail on all three of these questions.
    — Timothy B. Lee, Ars Technica, 5 May 2020
  • Roskam prevailed in his race that year by more than 18 points.
    — Erin Hegarty, Naperville Sun, 21 Mar. 2018
  • And the team with the best depth over those three games will probably prevail.
    — Taylor Wilson, USA TODAY, 8 Oct. 2022
  • There’s no telling how all that will play out, or who will prevail.
    — Paul Elie, The New Yorker, 27 Jan. 2023
  • In a game that had six lead changes and five ties, Cincinnati prevailed.
    — Charlie Hatch, Cincinnati.com, 20 Apr. 2018
  • Of course, none of this matters if the Cavs somehow prevail.
    — Rohan Nadkarni, SI.com, 8 June 2018
  • Still, the paps prevailed, and a blessed image was produced.
    — Emilia Petrarca, The Cut, 18 June 2018
  • The new kids on the hardwood prevailed at Ladera Sports Center.
    — Dan Albano, Orange County Register, 15 June 2024
  • There is no chance that the person with two votes will prevail, but the law’s less than 20 votes rule kicked in.
    — New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 28 July 2024
  • The fog of endless war will lift and common sense will prevail.
    — Kai Bird, TIME, 11 Apr. 2024
  • How did a team that hadn't been pushed all season prevail?
    — Jeff Potrykus, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 19 Apr. 2021
  • Vance tries his darnedest to sound humble about prevailing against the odds.
    — Becca Rothfeld, Washington Post, 23 July 2024

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