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.
• If the preceding forty-five minutes fail to catch fire, though, the night grows long.
  — Alex Ross, The New Yorker, 3 July 2023
• Here’s the video of the benches clearing, and the Garcia homer that preceded it.
  — Sportsday Staff, Dallas News, 27 July 2023
• But this war is on a much greater scale, and of course was preceded by a massacre in Israel.
  — Isaac Chotiner, The New Yorker, 7 Nov. 2023
• The four-song release is, in a sense, a remedy to the album that preceded it.
  — Mark Jenkins, Washington Post, 8 Dec. 2023
• It was also preceded by the announcement of a 2024 arena tour that is set to launch in March.
  — Thania Garcia, Variety, 18 Dec. 2023
• There is a healthy dose of nail-biting preceding all that science.
  — Thomas Farragher, BostonGlobe.com, 29 May 2023
• Rose's family holds ties with the monarchy that precede her.
  — Chelsey Sanchez, Harper's BAZAAR, 4 May 2023
• The footage was preceded by a recorded message from Rogen and Ice Cube.
  — Angelique Jackson, Variety, 20 July 2023
• The eight hours preceding them make the promise seem one worth fulfilling.
  — Angie Han, The Hollywood Reporter, 23 Oct. 2023
• Three months of record rainfall preceding the Olympics was followed by a week-long hot spell.
  — Linda Robertson, Miami Herald, 30 Jan. 2024
• The good news is that the current government, like the ones that preceded it, firmly believes in the tax rebate as a tool.
  — Nick Vivarelli, Variety, 13 Sep. 2023
• The wedding was in November, 2021, and on the preceding evenings Andrew received a crash course in ranchera.
  — Stephania Taladrid, The New Yorker, 8 Jan. 2024
• She was preceded in death by her infant son, James Charles.
  — Caitlin O'Kane, CBS News, 27 Mar. 2024
• But the new version of the virus triggered less severe illness than the Delta variant that preceded it.
  — Helen Branswell, STAT, 22 Jan. 2024
• His reign also set the foundation for the Greek influence in the eastern part of the Mediterranean Sea for the preceding 1,000 years.
  — Demetrius Simms, Robb Report, 9 Jan. 2024
• It was preceded by a, ‘Did,’ and proceeded by a question mark.
  — Emily Whipp, ABC News, 22 Aug. 2023
• Knowing Giovanni's scent helps Gracie detect the shift in the child's pheromones that precedes a seizure.
  — Linda Marx, Peoplemag, 4 Nov. 2023
• Back in 2008, the return of the late-night hosts was preceded by an elaborate, somewhat choreographed dance between the hosts, the WGA, and the public.
  — Josef Adalian, Vulture, 14 Sep. 2023
• Strayed: What makes this moment richer in the show is the conversation that precedes it — a rare one, between Elle and Nick.
  — Malia Mendez, Los Angeles Times, 12 Aug. 2023
• The song is the tribute that the man offers the woman, his wife, as a woman of valor, thanking her for all that she's meant to him in the preceding week and longer than that.
  — Virginia Chamlee, Peoplemag, 28 Mar. 2024
• His travels to the Netherlands, France and Finland all preceded his arrival in Berlin.
  — Kate Brady, Washington Post, 14 May 2023
• The match will be preceded by training in Orlando from Jan. 8-16.
  — Pat Brennan, The Enquirer, 5 Jan. 2024
• Movie ticket revenue north of the border during the preceding decade moved in a $950 million to just over $1 billion range.
  — Etan Vlessing, The Hollywood Reporter, 4 Jan. 2024
• Those 12 months, which ran through September, saw worse numbers than the preceding year.
  — Blake Nelson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 Dec. 2023

Last Updated: 7 May 2024