Sentence examples for prevailed for generations from inspiring English sources

In short, the women reflect the Republican values that have prevailed for generations along this stretch of long-settled affluent suburbs named for the Main Line of the Pennsylvania Railroad, which began ferrying commuters westward from Philadelphia in the 1880's and where, Ms. Ogelsby said, the median price of a home runs $700,000 to $800,000.

What is the basis for believing, as Bush and now Obama seem to believe that the principles of democracy are applicable in a society where tribalism, corruption and mistrust have prevailed for generations?

But the re-emergence of the left as a political force – at least offering the possibility of a different sort of society – represents a substantial punch in the face to an economic order that has prevailed for a generation.

Along with the press, television, the courts, the universities, Parliament and even the clerical seminaries, the cinema is a place where an ideological guerrilla warfare is being waged between those who want to reform the episodically repressive Islamic system and those who want to adhere to the strict Islamic interpretation that has prevailed for a generation.

Norms that had prevailed for decades if not generations ― marriage as a union between a man and a woman, gender identity as fixed at birth ― became passé.

Three hours of practice and three-quarters of an hour of planning – little wonder the bafflement some of that generation maintain for the laptop rigour that has prevailed for the past decade.

The "yeses" finally prevailed for two reasons.

But throughout, calm prevailed for most.

Pitching and defense prevailed for most of the games.

And that prevailed for a number of years afterward.

Channeling prevailed for mesh with smaller open area.