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
But Shakib prevails upon him to turn his face toward the West.
From The Book of Khalid by Rihani, Ameen Fares
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
The Bishop learns of this outrage and prevails upon the reluctant Jean V to march against the rebel.
From Là-bas by Wallace, Keene
