prevails upon
Example Sentences
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The corporate chieftain prevails upon Beale to “preach” a new “evangel” to his audience in which he decries individualism and embraces what the movie’s narrator calls “the corporate cosmology of Arthur Jensen.”
From Washington Post • Jun. 16, 2021
Now one, now the other, according to the temper of the times, prevails upon thought.
From Time Magazine Archive
If the temperature which prevails upon Mars is nearer to -36° C. than to -73° C., the existence of living beings like ourselves is possible.
From Astronomical Curiosities Facts and Fallacies by Gore, J. Ellard
As he is a general favourite among his townsmen, he soon prevails upon them to listen to the author and composer and decide whether he or Beckmesser is at fault.
From Stories of the Wagner Opera by Guerber, H. A. (Hélène Adeline)
It is with some difficulty that the major prevails upon him not to write to Miss Winthrop, and overwhelm her with reproaches.
From A War-Time Wooing A Story by King, Charles
