Sentence examples for prevail upon from inspiring English sources

My memories pale as I prevail upon them again and again.

Could Mayor de Blasio prevail upon the unions for real concessions?

And then we couldn't prevail upon the Syrian and Russian authorities to extend their 'pause'".

And can the federation prevail upon M.L.S. to alter its schedule?

Aaron Glenn was nearly begging, trying to prevail upon a few people to plead his case to Coach Al Groh.

These bosses could perhaps prevail upon Governor Christie to open the spigots and let aid flow into their cities.

Legal analysts said the rare mutiny could derail the trial, but most predicted that Ito would resolve the jurors' problems and prevail upon them to complete the case.

The Gordons prevail upon the rabbi to play this fiddle, and for a moment it seems that playing restores the soul that Selwyn believed the rabbi lacked.

Short of votes, Democrats had to prevail upon Senator Russ Feingold, an antiwar Democrat from Wisconsin, to break his pattern of opposing military spending bills and join them.

In fact, if he is the leader the Packers think he is, Rodgers should prevail upon management to let Favre come back home.

"I pick my spots," Murphy told me in explaining why he did not think it was worth trying to prevail upon her to stay a Democrat.