Example Sentences

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Several persons were talking at once, and Victor’s voice was predominating, even over that of his mother.

From "The Awakening" by Kate Chopin

The effect of Shakspeare's influence on his contemporaries was predominating in everything but the moral aspect of his plays.

From Handbook of Universal Literature From the Best and Latest Authorities by Botta, Anne C. Lynch

Heavy wounds have been inflicted On our land while war was raging, And throughout our German country Rudeness was predominating.

From The Trumpeter of Säkkingen A Song from the Upper Rhine. by Scheffel, Joseph Victor von

Having broken the power of Lagash, Lugal-zaggisi directed his attention to the rival city of Kish, where Semitic influence was predominating.

From Myths of Babylonia and Assyria by Mackenzie, Donald Alexander