prevailed upon

And the waters prevailed upon the earth an hundred and fifty days.

But when prevailed upon by the McCain operatives, Lieberman could not help himself.

At an early hour in the evening the Farival twins were prevailed upon to play the piano.

I went to the window then, myself, and by dint of perseverance, prevailed upon them at last to let her see her husband.

He was finally prevailed upon to accept a piece of bacon and half a biscuit, but would take no more.

It was he who prevailed upon the Pope to canonize Archbishop Anselm.

It was a good speech, but he could never be prevailed upon to repeat the experiment.