Get to know Prevailed better with 10+ real example sentences, the meaning.
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Prevailed meaning
simple past and past participle of prevail
Using Prevailed
- The main meaning on this page is: simple past and past participle of prevail
- In the example corpus, prevailed often appears in combinations such as: prevailed in, prevailed over, prevailed and.
Context around Prevailed
- Average sentence length in these examples: 23.8 words
- Position in the sentence: 3 start, 13 middle, 4 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Prevailed
- In this selection, "prevailed" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 23.8 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, having, aberdeen, indies and comments stand out and add context to how "prevailed" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include aberdeen prevailed as comfortable and and jacob prevailed over his. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "prevailed" sits close to words such as affiliation, billing and concession, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with prevailed
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Aberdeen prevailed as comfortable 3-1 winners at Ibrox on Saturday. (11 words)
Always and everywhere, domination and exploitation have prevailed over mutual assistance and fellowship. (13 words)
And Jacob prevailed over his brother in a wrestling match, fair and square. (13 words)
Added Thornton Academy boys basketball coach Bob Davies, whose team prevailed in a controversial buzzer-beater in the AA South semifinal: “I think it’s something (the MPA) will have to meet on and decide. (35 words)
Alonso, 41, made it a front row of double Formula 1 world champions and declared "job done" at a street circuit where overtaking is extremely difficult but the second placed starter has often prevailed. (34 words)
But Jeff Zucker, the former executive producer of the “Today” show, prevailed, and, according to the former NBC colleague, it was clear to Zaslav that he would never make C.E.O. of NBC. (34 words)
Example sentences (20)
Trump later walked back his “prevailed” comments, claiming they only applied to testing, but still – “we have not prevailed on testing,” Meyers said.
Aberdeen prevailed as comfortable 3-1 winners at Ibrox on Saturday.
A boundary was the difference between the two teams in the opening game in Tarouba where West Indies prevailed on a slow batting track with an impressive bowling effort at the back-end.
Added Thornton Academy boys basketball coach Bob Davies, whose team prevailed in a controversial buzzer-beater in the AA South semifinal: “I think it’s something (the MPA) will have to meet on and decide.
After a frosty start to the day sunshine prevailed with the boys showing off their skills in their new navy and yellow away kit sponsored by DA MacDonald Contractors Limited.
Alonso, 41, made it a front row of double Formula 1 world champions and declared "job done" at a street circuit where overtaking is extremely difficult but the second placed starter has often prevailed.
Although it was far from a vintage display, Steve Borthwick's side continued their steady start, having prevailed over Argentina in their tournament opener.
Always and everywhere, domination and exploitation have prevailed over mutual assistance and fellowship.
And it is a sea change from the low interest rate environment that prevailed before the pandemic.
And Jacob prevailed over his brother in a wrestling match, fair and square.
Brian Dutcher’s team ultimately prevailed, as it tends to do, with unbelievable defense.
But Jeff Zucker, the former executive producer of the “Today” show, prevailed, and, according to the former NBC colleague, it was clear to Zaslav that he would never make C.E.O. of NBC.
Carlos Correa, Edouard Julien and Max Kepler homered and Sonny Gray allowed one run over seven innings as Minnesota prevailed in Minneapolis, handing Texas its eighth consecutive loss.
Charleigh Miner came out firing, scoring 14 of her game-high 29 points in the first quarter as the Rangers prevailed in the District 4 Class 2A quarterfinals.
For a country that has made extraordinary efforts to deal with the – having prevailed over unprecedented socioeconomic difficulties – global support is all that it could expect.
In a bigger sense, with both parties putting their trust in the legal system, it is the rule of law which prevailed,” it said.
In a game filled with emotion and unusual circumstances, the Mountaineers prevailed over the Pride in extras.
India is lucky that Norman Borlaug prevailed over William Vogt in the food technology debate.
In his book, Nehru said Holkar’s rule, which lasted for thirty years (1765-1795), was “almost legendary as a period during which perfect order and good government prevailed and the people prospered.
In the council’s fourth district, Nate Hotchkiss, the Democratic candidate, prevailed over Republican Brian Nayor with 69.83 percent of the vote.
Common combinations with prevailed
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- prevailed in 43×
- prevailed over 18×
- prevailed and 16×
- has prevailed 16×
- prevailed on 11×
- prevailed at 11×
- have prevailed 9×
- that prevailed 9×
- prevailed by 8×
- tension prevailed 8×