Sentence examples for prevail- from inspiring English sources

Since all it takes for evil to prevail is one good seven-year-old to do nothing, I continued to crack the case wide open: "And what about the tooth fairy?" I got up to tell my sister, but was waylaid by an adult offering me chocolate cake in exchange for my silence.

It was clear early on in this test of endurance that an Englishman would prevail.

Yet, inside Fianna Fáil, there is some optimism that the doctrine of MAD, Irish style, will prevail.

And which of the family fiefdoms did she hope would prevail?

The minority view won't always prevail – sometimes it shouldn't.

Joshua has yet to be taken past three rounds as a professional and really there was no doubt that he would prevail easily here.

IDS will probably prevail (mostly), the Lords will hang tough for a bit, both sides will compromise a little more.

The normal protection of human rights and legal representation must prevail.

I think that in times like these there's a lot of high emotion which I can understand … but I think that when it comes to law enforcement cool heads should prevail".

"Rather, it is a contest between those who want justice to prevail and those who want to cover up.

Buoyed by the Tea Party's weakness until now and opinion polls showing immigration reform would help win over Latino voters, campaigners had been hoping there was a chance that the Republican leadership might finally prevail in its effort to modernise the party in the eyes of non-white America.