Sentence examples for prevails upon from inspiring English sources

Dennis prevails upon him to ante up.

But Queen Clarisse prevails upon her to at least try accepting royal responsibility.

On the phone, he prevails upon Priscilla to sort things out with their folks.

But QT isn't amused to learn that a watch is missing and prevails upon the supernerd and Zak's father to get it back.

She prevails upon her boyfriend to give Val one last shot — a big-budget movie — and, of course, Val falls apart.

Pompilia, a beautiful young woman, is so unhappy in her marriage to an older man, the cruel Count Franceschini, that she prevails upon a young priest to help her return to her parents' home.

The team prevailed upon IBM for help.

Fortunately, Arthur Nikisch was prevailed upon to accept the post.

I could not have prevailed upon a more ardent rescuer.

And she prevailed upon the brokerage to restate their case.

Sharon prevailed upon his cabinet to back Gaza withdrawal.