How to Use predominant in a Sentence

predominant

adjective

• Religion is the predominant theme of the play.
• She is predominant among new writers.
• From there, the Air Raid spread like wild and became the predominant way offense was run in the Big 12.
  — Time, 13 Dec. 2022
• And, to be sure, in the larger scheme of things, this troubled train of thought is not predominant.
  — Oliver Darcy, CNN, 30 Jan. 2024
• Fans had a range of reactions to the news, but the predominant one was surprise.
  — Elizabeth Ayoola, Essence, 12 June 2023
• One of the predominant strains is called EG.5, which accounts for about 22% of new cases.
  — Berkeley Lovelace Jr., NBC News, 11 Sep. 2023
• There is a predominant view that the AI race is a national one.
  — Lance Eliot, Forbes, 15 Aug. 2022
• Boehm’s 2021 Bellpine Pinot Noir is named in honor of the region’s predominant soil type.
  — Michael Alberty | , oregonlive, 21 Mar. 2023
• Smaller bouquets in mint julep cups bring in hints of reds and yellows to add to the predominant color of green.
  — Southern Living Editors, Southern Living, 29 Sep. 2023
• That was the predominant word on signs, T-shirts, banners and hats filled with bright colors and clever, catchy slogans.
  — Steve Lord, Chicago Tribune, 12 June 2022
• Yes, there is a predominant focus on these women, but the film is more nuanced.
  — Patrick Frater, Variety, 25 May 2022
• This was a much less predominant line of argument as recently as the Gaza war of 2014.
  — Roger Cohen, New York Times, 10 Dec. 2023
• This means that whatever forage is predominant in a fishery is likely the thing bass in that area feed on the most.
  — Shaye Baker, Field & Stream, 14 June 2023
• This white kimchi is more predominant in the northern parts of South Korea (and in North Korea).
  — Eric Kim, New York Times, 22 Aug. 2022
• That strain of the virus is no longer circulating — the omicron variant and its sub variants are the predominant strains throughout the world.
  — Nicole Wetsman, ABC News, 18 Apr. 2023
• The bro culture could succeed in the past because the predominant number of engineers were white males.
  — Jackie Wattles, CNN, 30 June 2022
• Right now, the predominant strand of work within Alt Intelligence is the idea of scaling.
  — Lance Eliot, Forbes, 19 May 2022
• The idea is the album’s predominant theme, and leads to some philosophizing over Zoom.
  — Bill Beuttler, BostonGlobe.com, 14 July 2023
• Fog was the predominant weather feature in the region the evening of the crash, according to the National Weather Service.
  — Dennis Romero, NBC News, 24 July 2023
• The white that’s so predominant in the aesthetic also signals a new start that many people are looking for now.
  — Maggie Gillette, Better Homes & Gardens, 6 Feb. 2023
• The approach is similar to the one used for the flu shot, which is updated each year to target the strains scientists predict will be the most predominant.
  — Berkeley Lovelace Jr., NBC News, 30 June 2022
• Extreme fear is the predominant sentiment on Wall Street this year.
  — David Goldman, CNN, 14 May 2022
• Chicagoans and New Yorkers alike may take minor comfort in the fact that Norway rats, which like to burrow and live underground, are the predominant species in both cities.
  — Michael Kolomatsky, New York Times, 10 Nov. 2022
• Lemon zest and vanilla extract make up the predominant flavors.
  — Pam Lolley, Southern Living, 9 Nov. 2023
• The same could be said for Al Qaeda, which has been sidelined while the Islamic State group emerged as the predominant global terror outfit.
  — Yuliya Talmazan, NBC News, 2 Aug. 2022
• Russian was the predominant language of Mariupol, a city just 35 miles from the Russian border.
  — David L. Stern, Washington Post, 12 May 2022
• But at that point Russian was probably the predominant language in Kyiv.
  — Merve Emre, The New York Review of Books, 13 Feb. 2024
• The first is a predominant industry that allows for remote work.
  — Anna Bahney, CNN, 30 May 2022
• Some 1,678 of the young children in the study received a third dose at least two months after getting a second dose, at a time when Omicron was the predominant form of the virus, according to the companies.
  — Jared S. Hopkins, WSJ, 23 May 2022
• The predominant brass instrument is conical, such as a French horn, as opposed to the cylindrical bore of a trombone.
  — Chris Varias, The Enquirer, 5 Feb. 2022

Last Updated: 3 May 2024