Usage examples for prevail
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He makes to prevail those Ideals which she has given him with her embraces. – Together by Robert Herrick (1868-1938)
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No matter how sternly the old land- lords set their faces against the new order of things, the new order of things will prevail; for sooner or late old land- lords must die, and the heirs have not in them the spirit of the ancient tradition. – The Killer by Stewart Edward White
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Now it is to be seen why the likes of Firkked cannot prevail against you, or against the Company as long as you are the Company's upper sword- arm! – Uller Uprising by Henry Beam Piper, John D. Clark and John F. Carr