Sentence examples for contingent prevailed from inspiring English sources

"People were screaming at each other at the meeting, and I stood up and said, "This is crazy; just vote and let's move on.' " The pro-gym contingent prevailed, and Mr. Saft was urged to reprise his role as board president.

Even among the church's growing contingent of evangelicals, a survival instinct prevailed.

A team from Goldman Sachs prevailed in the Wall Street contingent, as they had the year prior.

Even the Green Party had an extreme right-wing contingent at its founding in 1980 (the left prevailed, and the party thrived).

They are no longer bound to the historical concept of Human history or contingent, era-specific concepts of the world, which prevailed during time and place of their origin.

A contingent that feels that if the General were on the bench Monday night, the Hoosiers would have prevailed.

Pragmatism prevailed.

Curiosity prevailed.

Elation prevailed.

Contradiction prevailed.

Harding prevailed.