The phrase "prevailing sense of" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it to describe the feeling or attitude that is common or dominant in a particular situation. For example, "Despite the difficult circumstances, there is a prevailing sense of optimism among the people".
Yet Canelo's willingness to take on all comers is the bedrock of his brand, lending a prevailing sense of optimism to what immediately becomes 2016's biggest event.
Even if you don't catch all the rapid-fire dialogue the first time out, you're sure to enjoy the delirious physical humor and prevailing sense of anarchy.
An unmitigated delight for grown-ups, even if your children are too young to catch all the rapid-fire dialogue, they're sure to enjoy the physical humor and prevailing sense of anarchy.
Centre-right politicians mutter about the prevailing sense of insecurity brought about by economic globalisation.
Indeed, across this part of Europe, there is a prevailing sense of victimhood.
And the free-for-all aspect of Gems's script matches the prevailing sense of social disarray.
The prevailing sense is of gloom and foreboding replacing twinkly optimism, of things not being quite right.
But others do not know what to believe - a prevailing sense in many parts of the country.
The prevailing sense [among the leaders of the Gurdjieff work] that nothing must change, that a treasure in their safekeeping must at all costs be preserved in its original form, was stronger than any wish for a new wave of inspiration".
The problem had become "rampant" in the hedge-fund industry, Bharara told me, in part because of a prevailing sense that the rewards for insider trading were potentially astronomical — and the penalty if you were caught was relatively slight.
"In Europe, there's a prevailing sense that the business model of the free-standing, highly leveraged investment bank that funds itself in the wholesale financial markets is virtually kaput," said Willem H. Buiter, a professor at the London School of Economics.
