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
• 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
• At the end of the sequence, the ego prevails and stands tall over the shadows.
  — Natalie Morin, refinery29.com, 17 Jan. 2020
• But the marchers had faith that God and Trump would prevail.
  — Washington Post, 8 Nov. 2020
• But that could change if the plaintiffs prevail in the case.
  — Mike Cason | [e-mail], al, 26 Dec. 2022
• Khrushchev is not aware that the gates of hell shall not prevail against us. . . .
  — Peter J. Travers, National Review, 29 Mar. 2022
• None of this means Russia won't prevail in Kyiv in the end.
  — W. James Antle Iii, The Week, 4 Mar. 2022
• That seems to be the prevailing opinion around the country, by the way.
  — Gregg Doyel, Indianapolis Star, 9 Sep. 2017
• The sad truth of it all, though, is that in this instance, evil prevailed.
  — SI.com, 5 June 2018
• But Panic! prevailed in the end, winning video of the year.
  — Paul Grein, Billboard, 19 Aug. 2019
• But, in all of those cases, at the end of the day, cooler heads prevailed.
  — Monica Eng, chicagotribune.com, 27 Feb. 2018
• Cooler heads have prevailed and the duo went back to work.
  — Andreas Hale, Billboard, 8 June 2018
• And in the end, truth always will kind of prevail itself.
  — Dalton Ross, EW.com, 13 Apr. 2022
• To win, Uber and Lyft must prevail on all three of these questions.
  — Timothy B. Lee, Ars Technica, 5 May 2020
• Roskam prevailed in his race that year by more than 18 points.
  — Erin Hegarty, Naperville Sun, 21 Mar. 2018
• And the team with the best depth over those three games will probably prevail.
  — Taylor Wilson, USA TODAY, 8 Oct. 2022
• There’s no telling how all that will play out, or who will prevail.
  — Paul Elie, The New Yorker, 27 Jan. 2023
• In a game that had six lead changes and five ties, Cincinnati prevailed.
  — Charlie Hatch, Cincinnati.com, 20 Apr. 2018
• Of course, none of this matters if the Cavs somehow prevail.
  — Rohan Nadkarni, SI.com, 8 June 2018
• Still, the paps prevailed, and a blessed image was produced.
  — Emilia Petrarca, The Cut, 18 June 2018
• The fog of endless war will lift and common sense will prevail.
  — Kai Bird, TIME, 11 Apr. 2024
• How did a team that hadn't been pushed all season prevail?
  — Jeff Potrykus, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 19 Apr. 2021
• Greater knowledge can raise the chances for humans to prevail.
  — Mark Fischetti, Scientific American, 16 June 2020
• Then, the prevailing youngster will advance to face off against the adults in the main contest.
  — Carlyn Kranking, Smithsonian Magazine, 27 Sep. 2023
• New Zealand entered the game 9.5-to-1 long shots to prevail in the opener.
  — Sean Gregory, Time, 22 July 2023
• His rhetoric gave both sides hope of prevailing in the future.
  — Mark Sherman, Fox News, 4 June 2018
• If there is any justice in this world, Chelsea will prevail.
  — Yvonne Abraham, BostonGlobe.com, 1 Oct. 2022

Last Updated: 27 Apr 2024