It's about the random acts of kindness which still, magically, preponderate over acts of incivility or nastiness. From LearnThat.org. [John Diamond]
Verb (used without object), : Evidence for the accused preponderated at the trial. From Dictionary.com.
I wish I quite knew that the former preponderate. From Wordnik.com. [Punch, Or The London Charivari, Volume 102, January 16, 1892] Reference
And on the roads we take, small Obama signs preponderate. From Wordnik.com. [Mark Meier: Dems Canvass Unlikely Voters in Rural VA, Find Plenty of Misinformation] Reference
Blouses, long and short, and velveteen jackets preponderate. From Wordnik.com. [Scenes from a Courtesan's Life] Reference
In the third place the evidence seems to preponderate in favour of. From Wordnik.com. [An Expository Outline of the "Vestiges of the Natural History of Creation" With a Notice of the Author's "Explanations:" A Sequel to the Vestiges] Reference
These rays preponderate at the time of ploughing, sowing, and germination. From Wordnik.com. [The Continental Monthly, Vol. 6, No 2, August, 1864 Devoted to Literature and National Policy] Reference
Which shall preponderate, is the startling question to which we must all now answer. From Wordnik.com. [The Continental Monthly, Vol. 3 No 2, February 1863 Devoted To Literature And National Policy] Reference
Grasses commence to preponderate at about 2,800 feet, but not the grasses of Churra. From Wordnik.com. [Journals of Travels in Assam, Burma, Bhootan, Afghanistan and the Neighbouring Countries] Reference
The teachers are principally females -- 646; of scholars, the males rather preponderate. From Wordnik.com. [Lands of the Slave and the Free Cuba, the United States, and Canada] Reference
And in balancing his faults with his perfections, the latter seemed rather to preponderate. From Wordnik.com. [The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling] Reference
The people, by throwing themselves into either scale, will infallibly make it preponderate. From Wordnik.com. [Has Rudy Giuliani gotten incoherent about abortion?] Reference
We may safely assume from these considerations that the good will preponderate over the bad. From Wordnik.com. [The Continental Monthly, Vol. 3 No 2, February 1863 Devoted To Literature And National Policy] Reference
Andropogons, etc., begin to preponderate, and thence the vegetation is nearly that of Churra. From Wordnik.com. [Journals of Travels in Assam, Burma, Bhootan, Afghanistan and the Neighbouring Countries] Reference
The question of whether such attacks preponderate in the criticism of Thomas is beside the point. From Wordnik.com. [The Volokh Conspiracy » Jeffrey Toobin’s The Nine and Justice Thomas:] Reference
On the whole, and taken rightly in their clannish nature, their virtues preponderate over their vices. From Wordnik.com. [The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India Volume II] Reference
In the case of certain persons, the reasoning powers preponderate; in that of others, the imagination. From Wordnik.com. [The Doctrines of Predestination, Reprobation, and Election] Reference
Now the chances preponderate against more than one party in ten having chilli-peppers in their outfits. From Wordnik.com. [HOUSEKEEPING IN THE KLONDIKE] Reference
Almost as annoying as all the nutters who preponderate conspiracy theories about the BBC on here, eh Iain?. From Wordnik.com. [Sticks and Stones...] Reference
A myth or legend in which the historical and truthful greatly preponderate over the inventions of fiction. From Wordnik.com. [The Symbolism of Freemasonry] Reference
Granted, however, for the sake of argument, that black voters should preponderate at any election, what then?. From Wordnik.com. [West Indian Fables by James Anthony Froude Explained by J. J. Thomas] Reference
With one set of boundaries the area in which the Liberals largely preponderate might be enclosed in one constituency. From Wordnik.com. [Proportional Representation A Study in Methods of Election] Reference
Aristippus, however, was not such a one, for he cleverly knew as in a scale to make the better preponderate over the worse. From Wordnik.com. [Plutarch's Morals] Reference
And could their agitation cease now, I believe, after all, the good would preponderate over the evil of it in this country. From Wordnik.com. [Cotton is King, and Pro-Slavery Arguments Comprising the Writings of Hammond, Harper, Christy, Stringfellow, Hodge, Bledsoe, and Cartrwright on This Important Subject] Reference
Then weighing both parts in opposite scales, we shall see which is likely to preponderate; or rather which does preponderate. From Wordnik.com. [Clarissa Harlowe] Reference
Parliament, and I am afraid that his pretensions will preponderate above the friendship or good-will which Lord N (orth) professes to. From Wordnik.com. [George Selwyn: His Letters and His Life] Reference
It is true that a great and rich soul, like his, falling among the simple, does so preponderate, that, as his did, it names the world. From Wordnik.com. [An Address] Reference
It was with a sense of relief that almost made her feel sick that she reached the letters in which news gradually started to preponderate. From Wordnik.com. [Captain Corelli's Mandolin]
Those early authorities preponderate with Brotier against all modern conjecture; more especially, since the age of Tacitus agrees with the time of the. From Wordnik.com. [A Dialogue Concerning Oratory, Or The Causes Of Corrupt Eloquence The Works Of Cornelius Tacitus, Volume 8 (of 8); With An Essay On His Life And Genius, Notes, Supplements] Reference
Thus as the thickness of the film is altered different colors preponderate, causing the appearance of rings or bands, according to the nature of the experiment. From Wordnik.com. [Scientific American Supplement, No. 598, June 18, 1887] Reference
Not only do the insects preponderate in number of species, but the number of individuals belonging to many of the species is absolutely beyond our comprehension. From Wordnik.com. [Insects and Diseases A Popular Account of the Way in Which Insects may Spread or Cause some of our Common Diseases] Reference
This we find impossible; but we can affirm on which side the evidence appears to preponderate, and whither, we rest assured, further light will lead our willing feet. From Wordnik.com. [Moon Lore] Reference
The native Timorese preponderate, and a very little examination serves to show that they have nothing in common with Malays, but are much more closely allied to the true. From Wordnik.com. [The Malay Archipelago] Reference
It is evident, however, that the gravities of the body, and of the bulk of water displaced, are very nicely balanced, and that a trifle will cause either to preponderate. From Wordnik.com. [The Mystery of Marie Roget] Reference
“O, I see your malice!” cried Cecilia; “you were determined to add weight to the value of your company, by making me fully sensible where the balance would preponderate.”. From Wordnik.com. [Cecilia] Reference
Sapor; and the scale of Persia appeared to preponderate. From Wordnik.com. [History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire — Volume 3] Reference
If I looked to secondary causes alone, my fears would preponderate. From Wordnik.com. [Sir Thomas More, or, Colloquies on the Progress and Prospects of Society] Reference
Its minorities are mixed in with the majority in some areas and preponderate in another. From Wordnik.com. [groundviews] Reference
In free countries, therefore, one party ought to preponderate sufficiently over the other. From Wordnik.com. [Godolphin, Complete] Reference
Should you find the sum total preponderate in favour of your new scheme, I will say no more. From Wordnik.com. [The Diary and Letters of Madame D'Arblay — Volume 3] Reference
Jesuits in founding their journal, and the controversial character began soon to preponderate in their articles. From Wordnik.com. [Chips From A German Workshop. Vol. III. Essays on Literature, Biography, and Antiquities] Reference
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