How to Use dominate in a Sentence

dominate

verb

• His work dominated the art scene last year.
• He dominated her life for many years.
• Our team dominated play throughout the game.
• Our team dominated throughout the game.
• One company has dominated the market for years.
• New England states dominate the charts of the safest states to live in the United States.
  — Clare Mulroy, USA TODAY, 1 Jan. 2023
• Through tonight: Clouds dominate the night, but there could be some breaks at times.
  — Ian Livingston, Washington Post, 3 Jan. 2023
• The first day of the draft was dominated, of course, by the quarterbacks.
  — Mark Heim | [e-mail], al, 28 Apr. 2023
• But, that being said, Epic truly has come to dominate the space in the US.
  — Quartz Staff, Quartz, 17 Mar. 2023
• Health stocks dominate the list of biggest laggards in the S&P 500.
  — Charley Grant, WSJ, 6 Jan. 2023
• Georgia’s quest for a three-peat will dominate the sport’s focus for the next year.
  — Los Angeles Times, 9 Jan. 2023
• But over the years, the Apple Watch has dominated as the number one smartwatch in the world.
  — Victoria Song, The Verge, 22 Mar. 2024
• There’s one that dominates and one that has to be subservient.
  — Tyler Coates, The Hollywood Reporter, 27 Dec. 2023
• The site is dominated by the grave of what appears to be a Celtic warrior.
  — Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 30 Nov. 2024
• At the same time, the baggy more-is-more look has been dominating for the past few years and seems like the trend that will never die.
  — Kristen Bateman, Vogue, 5 Apr. 2024
• The warmer pattern should dominate for much of the first half of November.
  — Matt Rogers, Washington Post, 1 Nov. 2022
• So how did such weak, wimpy creatures come to dominate the planet?
  — Alisa Bowman, Discover Magazine, 30 Dec. 2022
• Byron dominated both stages but gave up the stage wins to make late pit stops, and now is poised to reclaim the lead over the final 20 laps of the race.
  — Shane Connuck, Charlotte Observer, 24 Mar. 2024
• Once here, brown rats rapidly took over black rats’ turf, dominating in just a few decades, per the study.
  — Lauren Leffer, Popular Science, 3 Apr. 2024
• The big megabanks that dominate the credit card business just haven’t gone there.
  — Ivana Pino, Fortune, 11 Nov. 2022
• As for action on the field, the SEC again will dominate the conversation with the two biggest Week 10 games.
  — USA TODAY, 3 Nov. 2022
• He doesn’t seem driven by demons or a need to dominate anyone.
  — Vinson Cunningham, The New Yorker, 25 Jan. 2025
• These questions will dominate the months ahead as Maryland licks its wounds.
  — Childs Walker, Baltimore Sun, 24 May 2024
• Pine and Florence Pugh, as Jack’s wife, dominate the movie, whereas Styles tends to recede.
  — Michael Schulman, The New Yorker, 22 Oct. 2022
• Smith has the ability to dominate both sides of the ball and is already a polished scorer.
  — Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 22 June 2022
• Sure, but who would doubt Carroll would still be in charge if the 49ers weren’t dominating Seattle at the line of scrimmage?
  — Jerry McDonald, The Mercury News, 15 Nov. 2024
• Tennessee has to gear up the big plays from the outside to keep up, but the D - along with the ability to dominate on the boards - is great at guarding the three.
  — Jeremy Cluff, The Arizona Republic, 17 Mar. 2023
• Taylor Swift doesn’t need a new single or album to dominate the charts.
  — Hugh McIntyre, Forbes.com, 26 Mar. 2025
• Many of Hawaii’s immigrants in the 19th and 20th centuries were workers for the sugar cane and pineapple plantations that once dominated the Hawaiian economy.
  — Ben Davidson, Mercury News, 1 May 2025
• While their presence pushes younger competitors to work even harder for wins, bigger racing teams just have elite equipment that can easily allow one car to dominate, the owner explained on the Dale Jr. Download podcast.
  — Shane Connuck, Charlotte Observer, 19 Apr. 2025