Example Sentences

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Whoever hangs this banner will have prevailed in one of the biggest-name matchups in the history of the tournament.

From Washington Times • Apr. 3, 2022

If Roethlisberger gets a third ring against the Packers, his Steelers will have prevailed in 10 postseason games.

From New York Times • Feb. 5, 2011

Yet the human spirit and will have prevailed over military and material strength.

From Time Magazine Archive

One has no guarantees that the self will have prevailed in our time, and in any case no force in this century has so opposed the individual conscience as the individual conscience.

From Time Magazine Archive

"It is a long way off," he said sadly; "and perhaps her force of perseverance will have prevailed alone."

From The Daisy chain, or Aspirations by Yonge, Charlotte Mary