Sentence examples for was prevailed upon from inspiring English sources

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

He was prevailed upon to restore the old gods.

She was prevailed upon to have a drink, then another and another.

The Board of Estimate (a city body controlling land use decisions) was prevailed upon to drop the plan.

Finally, Peewee was prevailed upon to show a handful of slides from a recent trip to Hawaii.

The electoral council was prevailed upon to exclude 85,000 blank votes, pushing Mr Préval's total to 51.15%.

Because of various political and economic problems, Mr. Krikalev is prevailed upon to stay aboard Mir.

Almost always, the holdouts have been prevailed upon to toe the line in the end.

If, that is, either distributor could actually be prevailed upon to pay.

People had been "prevailed upon to take their evidence out", he said.

In the ensuing parties, faither is prevailed upon to sing the Red Flag.