How to Use predominately in a Sentence

predominately

adverb
  • From the back of the predominately Black church on Louisville's West End, a solemn-looking man keeps an eye on the proceedings.
    Pat McDonogh, The Courier-Journal, 15 Aug. 2022
  • So often set in the predominately white worlds of the past, these plays just weren’t relatable for Coel.
    Brett Haensel, Fortune, 13 Oct. 2020
  • Bryant nearly predominately has played in the outfield over the last three weeks.
    Meghan Montemurro, chicagotribune.com, 14 May 2021
  • Dumba added that in a predominately white league, the burden lays on non-persons of color to lead the change.
    Chris Bumbaca, USA TODAY, 27 Aug. 2020
  • In our model, 10% would represent the Black vote and 90% would be the non-Black (predominately white) vote.
    Gary Franks, Hartford Courant, 9 Aug. 2024
  • Three new restaurants that predominately serve hot dogs recently opened in Louisville, with a fourth spot on the way later this year.
    Amanda Hancock, The Courier-Journal, 17 July 2024
  • He wasn’t raised in those predominately Black communities, but he has been drawn there to help.
    Los Angeles Times, 14 Apr. 2022
  • The male is predominately poodle, is almost 2 years old, and weighs under 15 pounds.
    Joan Morris, The Mercury News, 8 Jan. 2024
  • The filing comes two days before the one-year mark of the fatal grocery store shooting that took place in a predominately Black neighborhood.
    Zenebou Sylla, CNN, 14 May 2023
  • One of the main obstacles Lewis had to overcome at the predominately white Banks was enrolling in honors classes.
    al, 13 Feb. 2022
  • But millions of views go to videos like Chou’s, where fans — predominately girls and women — are editing themselves into the movies.
    Lena Wilson, New York Times, 17 Nov. 2020
  • The video starts by panning up Mulvaney's predominately pink fit, featuring a shiny trench and blue jeans with what looks like strands of rhinestones hanging off the edges.
    Hannah Kirby, Journal Sentinel, 12 June 2023
  • The schools are still predominately white and wealthy, while the student body of the district as a whole is roughly 80% non-white and two-thirds of students are growing up in low-income households.
    Arika Herron, The Indianapolis Star, 23 June 2021
  • Act Two is set in the same house, now in a predominately Black neighborhood trying to hold its ground in the face of gentrification.
    Luann Gibbs, The Enquirer, 4 Sep. 2024
  • Clark and one of her friends sat isolated in a pair of lawn chairs placed several yards away from a predominately unmasked group of fans clustered near the chain link fence.
    Justin L. MacK, The Indianapolis Star, 23 Aug. 2020
  • The grocery store is located in a predominately Black neighborhood in the city.
    Adam Sabes, Fox News, 15 May 2022
  • One of the more challenging scenes was a sit-in staged on an underpass to protest the creation of a new highway through the predominately Black neighborhood of Sugar Hill.
    Brande Victorian, The Hollywood Reporter, 21 Oct. 2023
  • The flood-prone area later became a predominately Black slum.
    Rebecca Lurye, courant.com, 18 Aug. 2020
  • Amphibious forces were said to be assaulting parts of Odessa, a predominately Russian-speaking port city on the Black Sea.
    Fred Weir, The Christian Science Monitor, 24 Feb. 2022
  • There are a lot of schools that have girls wrestling on predominately boy teams such as Milwaukee Reagan, which with 21 female wrestlers had one of the largest contingents in the state last season.
    Mark Stewart, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 23 June 2020
  • The movie was predominately filmed in Los Angeles and wrapped in October 2021.
    Samantha Stutsman, Peoplemag, 26 Oct. 2022
  • New kits The 2023 kits are similar to last year’s with the home jersey being predominately navy with subtle accents of royal blue.
    Carlos Rico, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 Mar. 2023
  • The is predominately white and the bed has a canopy with a crocheted fringe, further enhancing the Mrs. Tiggywinkle effect.
    ELLE Decor, 1 Sep. 2022
  • Johanson said this wouldn't have happened to the Community School of Naples girls lacrosse team last year, which was predominately white.
    Alex Martin, USA TODAY, 11 May 2022
  • Vitamin D status also differs by race, and the authors note in the study that their cohort was predominately white.
    Alexa Mikhail, Fortune Well, 25 Dec. 2023
  • The study shows Republicans are less likely to attend a predominately Black church than Democrats by about 12%, for instance.
    Tim Scott, USA TODAY, 14 July 2023
  • The few Black medical illustrators in the predominately white field have been working to right the injustice, Ford said.
    NBC News, 11 Dec. 2021
  • These sayings and words were born out of a predominately white, male corporate culture.
    Kieran Snyder, Quartz, 8 July 2021
  • Ticket buyers have been predominately female, while more than 50% of cinemagoers were over the age of 45 years old.
    Rebecca Rubin, Anchorage Daily News, 12 July 2023
  • Although there are more Black and brown gymnasts now, the sport is historically predominately white.
    Giana Levy, refinery29.com, 14 Aug. 2024

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