Prevailed

Examples

• Still, the same quiet life went on at the little cottage, and the same cheerful serenity prevailed among its inmates. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
• By dint of alternate threats, promises, and bribes, the lady in question was ultimately prevailed upon to undertake the commission. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
• Some fanatics among them, to be sure, held that one book, the Koran, was of itself sufficient to insure the well-being of the whole human race, but happily a more enlightened view prevailed. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
• She ultimately prevailed; and all-conquering Fife was expected with rapture. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
• Here Johnston made a stand until the 17th, when Sherman's old tactics prevailed again and the final movement toward Atlanta began. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• For a time one of these peoples, the Khitan, prevailed. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• Evans' System Prevailed for Three Quarters of a Century. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
• Discipline prevailed: in five minutes the confused throng was resolved into order, and comparative silence quelled the Babel clamour of tongues. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
• They have not only never been incorporated, but the incorporation spirit never has prevailed among them. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
• We are in great hopes that Miss Woodhouse may be prevailed with to try it this evening. Jane Austen. Emma.
• A dead silence prevailed for some moments. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
• Such a happy state of affairs certainly prevailed in Greece during its best days. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• But there was some power of personality in him that prevailed over their coldness, and he made them listen to his new convictions. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• The (Greek) of the Spartans attracted them, that is to say, not the goodness of their laws, but the spirit of order and loyalty which prevailed. Plato. The Republic.
• I prevailed upon him not to go. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• The cares of a large party always prevailed over personal feelings, and Lily saw no change in her hostess's manner. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
• When Clym passed down the pantry her eyes followed him in the gloom which prevailed there. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
• The point of interest is that Plato should have used such a symbol, and that so much of the Pythagorean spirit should have prevailed in him. Plato. The Republic.
• For ten years Fabian tactics prevailed in Italy. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• The like reserve prevailed on other topics. Jane Austen. Emma.
• This was an unanswerable reply, and silence prevailed again. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• She slept; and quiet prevailed in the Castle, whose inhabitants were hushed to repose. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
• No oppressive aristocracy has ever prevailed in the colonies. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
• Agnes and hospitality prevailed, however, and I conducted him to my fireside. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
• Ursula was prevailed upon to sing 'Annie Lowrie,' as the Professor called it. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
• It was under Charles that the Protestant doctrines that now prevailed in Germany spread into the Netherlands. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• Islam prevailed because it was the best social and political order the times could offer. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• The dismal man readily complied; a circle was again formed round the table, and harmony once more prevailed. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• As the gentleman in blue went home the same way as Mr. Tuckle, he was prevailed upon to stop too. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• This I would not be prevailed on to accept, abhorring to cover myself with any thing that had been on the back of a _Yahoo_. Jonathan Swift. Gulliver's Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World.

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