PREVALENT in a Sentence
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17 example sentences for PREVALENT, such as:
1. The prevalent opinion is in favour of reform.
2. This condition is more prevalent in women than in men.
3. Exogamy remains much less prevalent among African Americans.
4. These prejudices are particularly prevalent among people living in the North.
5. This paper describes methods for projecting the incidence and prevalence of a chronic disease in ageing populations.
2. This condition is more prevalent in women than in men.
3. Exogamy remains much less prevalent among African Americans.
4. These prejudices are particularly prevalent among people living in the North.
5. This paper describes methods for projecting the incidence and prevalence of a chronic disease in ageing populations.
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Meanings and Examples of PREVALENT
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prevalent
a. most frequent or common
Classic Sentence:
1 I found as prevalent a fashion in the form of the penitence, as I had left outside in the forms of the coats and waistcoats in the windows of the tailors' shops.
David Copperfield By Charles Dickens
Context Highlight In CHAPTER 61. I AM SHOWN TWO INTERESTING PENITENTS
Context Highlight In CHAPTER 61. I AM SHOWN TWO INTERESTING PENITENTS
2 It was the prevalent conviction, and of all other explanations Levin had unconsciously, not knowing when or how, chosen it, as anyway the clearest, and made it his own.
3 Here and there we passed Cszeks and Slovaks, all in picturesque attire, but I noticed that goitre was painfully prevalent.
4 His parents went to eight-o'clock mass every morning in Gardiner Street and the peaceful odour of Mrs. Dillon was prevalent in the hall of the house.
5 "I see that you participate in a prevalent error," said Madame Danglars.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
Context Highlight In Chapter 76. Progress of Cavalcanti the Younger.
Context Highlight In Chapter 76. Progress of Cavalcanti the Younger.
6 The necessity of accepting this view of their past relation, and of meeting it in the key of pleasantry prevalent among her new friends, was deeply humiliating to Lily.
7 I need not say how rejoiced I shall be to hear there has been any mistake, but the report is so prevalent that I confess I cannot help trembling.
8 True, the last line did not scan, but that was a trifle, since the quatrain at least conformed to the mode then prevalent.
9 In the attitude of the American mind toward Negro suffrage can be traced with unusual accuracy the prevalent conceptions of government.
10 In consequence of the prevalence of this notion there are many Negroes who use every opportunity to make themselves offensive, particularly when they think it can be done with impunity.
11 The elegance, propriety, regularity, harmony, and perhaps, above all, the peace and tranquillity of Mansfield, were brought to her remembrance every hour of the day, by the prevalence of everything opposite to them here.
Example Sentence:
1 Exogamy remains much less prevalent among African Americans.
2 This condition is more prevalent in women than in men.
3 The prevalent opinion is in favour of reform.
4 These prejudices are particularly prevalent among people living in the North.
5 A radical committed to social change, Reed had no patience with the conservative views prevalent in the America of his day.
6 This paper describes methods for projecting the incidence and prevalence of a chronic disease in ageing populations.