were prevailing
- past progressive of prevail.
Example Sentences
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“We were prevailing over the virus,” he said.
From Washington Post ● Jul. 27, 2022
President Obama, in an interview on 60 Minutes, indicated that cooler heads were prevailing.
From Time Magazine Archive
He saw his words were prevailing and followed them up.
From Bonaventure A Prose Pastoral of Acadian Louisiana by Cable, George Washington
Easterly winds were prevailing at the time, and the fish would not stir at any other sort of fly.
From Blacker's Art of Fly Making, &c. Comprising Angling, & Dyeing of Colours, with Engravings of Salmon & Trout Flies by Blacker, William
It seemed for long that the English were prevailing; and they would, in all likelihood, have prevailed in the end had they kept their position.
From Highways and Byways in Sussex by Griggs, Frederick Landseer Maur
