How to Use prevail in a Sentence

prevail

verb
  • The law still prevails in some states.
  • 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
  • But that could change if the plaintiffs prevail in the case.
    Mike Cason | McAson@al.com, al, 26 Dec. 2022
  • At the end of the sequence, the ego prevails and stands tall over the shadows.
    Natalie Morin, refinery29.com, 17 Jan. 2020
  • Cooler heads have prevailed and the duo went back to work.
    Andreas Hale, Billboard, 8 June 2018
  • That seems to be the prevailing opinion around the country, by the way.
    Gregg Doyel, Indianapolis Star, 9 Sep. 2017
  • 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
  • And in the end, truth always will kind of prevail itself.
    Dalton Ross, EW.com, 13 Apr. 2022
  • But the marchers had faith that God and Trump would prevail.
    Washington Post, 8 Nov. 2020
  • And the team with the best depth over those three games will probably prevail.
    Taylor Wilson, USA TODAY, 8 Oct. 2022
  • Khrushchev is not aware that the gates of hell shall not prevail against us. . . .
    Peter J. Travers, National Review, 29 Mar. 2022
  • Greater knowledge can raise the chances for humans to prevail.
    Mark Fischetti, Scientific American, 16 June 2020
  • His rhetoric gave both sides hope of prevailing in the future.
    Mark Sherman, Fox News, 4 June 2018
  • But that hope depends on the idea that reason will prevail.
    Laurent Belsie, The Christian Science Monitor, 22 Mar. 2018
  • Those filing the complaints would need at least four votes to prevail.
    Patrick Marley, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 25 Nov. 2021
  • How did a team that hadn't been pushed all season prevail?
    Jeff Potrykus, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 19 Apr. 2021
  • The sad truth of it all, though, is that in this instance, evil prevailed.
    SI.com, 5 June 2018
  • There’s no telling how all that will play out, or who will prevail.
    Paul Elie, The New Yorker, 27 Jan. 2023
  • But, in all of those cases, at the end of the day, cooler heads prevailed.
    Monica Eng, chicagotribune.com, 27 Feb. 2018
  • Who will prevail and who will crack under the pressure?
    oregonlive, 18 Oct. 2022
  • There have been glimpses the strategy could yet prevail.
    Ksenia Galouchko, Bloomberg.com, 5 June 2020
  • Still, the paps prevailed, and a blessed image was produced.
    Emilia Petrarca, The Cut, 18 June 2018
  • But Panic! prevailed in the end, winning video of the year.
    Paul Grein, Billboard, 19 Aug. 2019
  • Google could also prevail in the case and hold on to its entire ad business.
    Patience Haggin, WSJ, 29 Jan. 2023
  • None of this means Russia won't prevail in Kyiv in the end.
    W. James Antle Iii, The Week, 4 Mar. 2022
  • In a game that had six lead changes and five ties, Cincinnati prevailed.
    Charlie Hatch, Cincinnati.com, 20 Apr. 2018
  • Triller just prevailed on two of its cases against him for piracy.
    Tatiana Siegel, Variety, 31 Jan. 2024
  • Of course, none of this matters if the Cavs somehow prevail.
    Rohan Nadkarni, SI.com, 8 June 2018

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