Sentence example with the word 'prevail'

prevail

abide, be the rage, cap, dominate, go, hold on, live on, pass, rule, take, wear well

Definition v. be larger in number

Last update: January 22, 2016


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The system of shaving the hair of widows prevailed in some traditional areas .   [verb]

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You prevail over in a row help reset your excitement of both.   [verb]

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By the 70th hole, he had a four-stroke lead and held it together to prevail by two over Smith.   [verb]

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In this happy state of things, it is not surprising that the management of Magua prevailed.   [verb]

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The unerring feeling of nature for a moment prevailed and the old warrior hid his eyes in sorrow.   [verb]

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Hawkeye, believing he had prevailed, soon fell asleep, and a silence as deep as the solitude in which they had found it, pervaded the retired spot.   [verb]

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At length, the toughened sinews of the white man prevailed over the less practiced limbs of the native.   [verb]

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I have a powerful advocate now whose pleading ought to prevail with you--a father whose anxious affection urges what my passionate love so ardently desires.   [verb]

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But honour, and affection for Hyacinth, had prevailed; and she had bent her shoulders to the burden of undeserved shame.   [verb]

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But he perceives their truth, and he knows that they must prevail.   [verb]

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Even in this sad plight his courage and love of native land prevailed against the acceptance of aid from Frenchmen, if any should approach to offer it.   [verb]

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