7 sentences with 'prevailing'

Example sentences and phrases with the word prevailing and other words derived from it.

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« The bats in the den, disturbed by the prevailing turmoil, fluttered about, crazed, and swatted the rescuers in the face. »
« At that time, the Vietnam War had made anti-Americanism the prevailing political creed among thousands of young Europeans. »
« Gobineau chose instead to adopt the language of the prevailing form of intellectual authority of the late nineteenth century: science. »
« The prevailing medical theory was that the disease was spread by clouds of foul-smelling gases called "miasmas", such as those produced by stagnant water and decay. »
« Historians still debate what disease or diseases the Black Death consisted of (identifiable with contemporary medical knowledge), but the prevailing theory is that it was the bubonic plague. »
« Despite the prevailing economic uncertainty, legions of employees like Paul are getting promotions at their companies. Today, people advance because they bring more to the company in their new position than they did in their old one. »
« Historians have often observed that the 19th century technically ended in 1900, but in terms of its prevailing political, social and cultural patterns, it actually ended in 1914, with the advent of the horrific bloodshed and destruction of the First World War. »

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