How to Use precede in a Sentence

precede

verb

• She preceded him into the room.
• The chairman preceded the meeting with a brief welcoming speech.
• The meeting was preceded by a brief welcoming speech.
• The new mayor is very different from the person who preceded her in office.
• The country became more conservative in the years that preceded his election.
• Riots preceded the civil war.
• What made this night so weird was what preceded it.
  — Troy Renck, Denver Post, 14 May 2026
• The point is, lightning can precede and trail a storm.
  — Bill Kearney, Sun Sentinel, 27 May 2026
• The vine features white blooms that precede the fuzzy brown fruits.
  — Viveka Neveln, Better Homes & Gardens, 16 Oct. 2022
• All but one preceded her in death.
  — Bea L. Hines, Miami Herald, 31 Oct. 2025
• And his name, of course, preceded him.
  — Amy Drew Thompson, The Orlando Sentinel, 6 Feb. 2026
• He was preceded in death by his wife Sue.
  — Richard Wagoner, Daily News, 4 May 2026
• He was preceded in death by his wife, Joan.
  — Brian Niemietz, New York Daily News, 25 Mar. 2026
• These are the cars that precede the riders before each stage.
  — Chris Smith, BGR, 29 June 2022
• He’s preceded in death by a son, Chad.
  — Jon Becker, Mercury News, 15 Mar. 2026
• That's the kind of divergence that precedes the next leg up.
  — Josh Brown,sean Russo, CNBC, 20 Apr. 2026
• An avalanche of turnovers preceded a rush to ready young players.
  — Mitch Sherman, New York Times, 5 Mar. 2026
• This is the type of growth that precedes ascendance.
  — Julia Poe, Chicago Tribune, 11 Mar. 2026
• That's – the talks preceded the June war.
  — CBS News, 12 Apr. 2026
• Weeks of tests precede the launch, and the rocket is left exposed to the salty air.
  — Joe Pappalardo, Popular Mechanics, 25 Oct. 2022
• Over those games and the two that preceded them, the road team is 4-0.
  — Skip Snow, USA TODAY Sportsbook Wire, 19 Jan. 2020
• If the preceding forty-five minutes fail to catch fire, though, the night grows long.
  — Alex Ross, The New Yorker, 3 July 2023
• To spot Mercury, look to the east in the hour preceding dawn.
  — Anthony Wood, Space.com, 18 Aug. 2025
• The means of this control had been largely set out in the preceding decades.
  — Literary Hub august 27, Literary Hub, 27 Aug. 2025
• But so were the challenges faced and overcome by those who preceded us.
  — Charles Koch, Fortune, 18 May 2020
• Or maybe those were supposed to precede the rush of new residents.
  — Greg Jefferson, San Antonio Express-News, 19 Nov. 2021
• For all its power to shape this moment, that culture has roots that long precede it.
  — Rachel Monroe, Wired, 15 Jan. 2021
• No one spoke at the public hearing that preceded the vote.
  — Carole Carlson, Chicago Tribune, 16 June 2026
• Court records show a trail of threats preceded Tiffany Woods’ death.
  — Meredith Colias-Pete, Chicago Tribune, 18 Apr. 2026
• Much of that moisture will precede a cold front, which will enhance the risk of heavy downpours.
  — Washington Post, 13 Oct. 2021