Sentence examples for been prevailed from inspiring English sources
verb
To be superior in strength, dominance, influence or frequency; to have or gain the advantage over others; to have the upper hand; to outnumber others.
- Red colour prevails in the Canadian flag.
Almost always, the holdouts have been prevailed upon to toe the line in the end.
People had been "prevailed upon to take their evidence out", he said.
Now that global bank Barclays is in the spotlight and Whitbread has been prevailed on to spin off cafe chain Costa Coffee, both excitement and concern are growing.
Virtual planning has been prevailed as a method used to evaluate risks and costs before the concrete realization of production processes.
If there is any man in history who could not have been prevailed upon to strip in front of cheering women, that man is A. E. Housman.
They take place in vast mausoleum sets in which dozens upon dozens of nude porn stars have been prevailed upon to romp listlessly in long-shot.
He was prevailed upon to restore the old gods.
Fortunately, Arthur Nikisch was prevailed upon to accept the post.
Denis Healey was prevailed on to ease him out.
But Phocion was not to be prevailed with at all, and shortly after, Alexander died.
The idea is from the existing empirical formula where two-dimensional approach is prevailed.
