| 1. | So prevalent as to concerne the min. - from Paradise Lost by John Milton |
| 2. | Dillon was prevalent in the hall of the house. - from Dubliners by James Joyce |
| 3. | "How sorry I am But colds were never so prevalent as they have been this autumn. - from Emma by Jane Austen |
| 4. | It shows that at last a reasonable and steady view of the matter is becoming prevalent among us.. - from Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy |
| 5. | "I see that you participate in a prevalent error," said Madame Danglars. - from The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas, Pere |
| 6. | The latter is a prevalent opinion, but it seems hardly warranted by the facts. - from English Literature by William J. Long |
| 7. | It was one of a large block of houses all exactly alike, and all shut up from top to bottom, according to a custom more prevalent in New York than in any other city. - from The Best American Humorous Short Stories by Various |
| 8. | 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. - from Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy |
| 9. | This practice appears to have been prevalent in some parts of India from a very ancient time. - from The Kama Sutra of Vatsyayana by Vatsyayana |