predominant

• Cleanliness and courtesy were predominant, and I should think altogether it was one of the best conducted hotels on the Riviera. —  Fair Italy, the Riviera and Monte Carlo Comprising a Tour Through North and South Italy and Sicily with a Short Account of Malta
• There is a curious verse in Gay's Beggar's Opera which well illustrates the necessity of consulting the context to determine the pattern, for it can, taken by itself, be scanned in three different ways How happy could I be with either Air XXXV viz., ◡_̷◡◡_̷◡_̷◡_̷◡ or ◡_̷◡◡◡_̷◡_̷◡ or ◡_̷◡◡_̷◡◡◡ But sometimes it is difficult, if not impossible, to say whether a line or series of lines is in rising or falling rhythm, or what sort of foot is predominant--in other words, what is the formal metrical pattern. —  The Principles of English Versification
• One look at her face proved as much, and among many contending feelings, disappointment was predominant--bitter, intense, most humiliating disappointment Oh, Ralph! —  A College Girl
• Avarice was his predominant, almost his only, characteristic. —  Daring and Suffering: A History of the Great Railroad Adventure
• With the latter expression predominant, he quitted the room, like one who felt a stranger had no right to witness emotions so sacred Two hours later, and the principal personages of the narrative were assembled on the margin of the Cove, beneath the shade of an oak that seemed coeval with the continent. —  The Water-Witch or, the Skimmer of the Seas

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