How to Use dominant in a Sentence
- It is the dominant culture in the region.
- The company is now dominant in its market.
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Have a few dominant arms to ride at the back end of the bullpen.
— Jack Harris, Los Angeles Times, 15 Sep. 2022 -
This is not an easy sport to flip the switch and be dominant in.
— Scott Kushner, NOLA.com, 3 Dec. 2020 -
The better ones tend to see the more dominant creative force in the duo lead the way.
— Craig Jenkins, Vulture, 25 Jan. 2021 -
When Round 1 was over, the Rays had a dominant 8-3 win.
— Evan Grant, Dallas News, 10 June 2023 -
The Jazz were still dominant with him on the floor, but just less so than last year.
— Andy Larsen, The Salt Lake Tribune, 11 Apr. 2022 -
Hold the peach in your non-dominant hand with the stem side toward the ceiling.
— Karla Walsh, Better Homes & Gardens, 15 Sep. 2022 -
The defense was dominant and the offense didn’t turn the ball over.
— Sportsday Staff, Dallas News, 17 Sep. 2023 -
Allen has been dominant down the stretch, leading the Bills to wins in their last five games.
— Andy Nesbitt, USA TODAY, 1 Jan. 2021 -
Or their desire to be in the good graces of a dominant movement.
— Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 11 Mar. 2024 -
This guy has been around the block and back, but was as dominant as ever in 2020.
— Tony Blengino, Forbes, 17 Mar. 2021 -
The Cougars have also been dominant in most of those wins.
— Norma Gonzalez, The Salt Lake Tribune, 25 Nov. 2020 -
Louisville has all of the tools to be a dominant defensive team.
— Cameron Teague Robinson, The Courier-Journal, 1 Mar. 2020 -
As the months passed, what was once a feature of their lives became the dominant force.
— Belinda Luscombe, Time, 17 Apr. 2021 -
The black is still dominant but the color lends an image all the tones of life: warmth, cold, depth, and light.
— Françoise Mouly, The New Yorker, 13 Jan. 2020 -
The most dominant men’s tennis player over the first half of this decade.
— Jason Gay, WSJ, 12 July 2018 -
The talent is growing, and the teams at the top are downright dominant.
— Shawn McFarland, courant.com, 2 Dec. 2019 -
There was a time, not too long ago, when the Seahawks were near-dominant at home.
— oregonlive, 3 Jan. 2020 -
The defense has been dominant and the offense has run wild.
— Adam Lichtenstein, sun-sentinel.com, 2 Dec. 2020 -
Sale was dominant in his first year and a half in Boston.
— Dan Shaughnessy, BostonGlobe.com, 16 June 2023 -
Mirror, mirror on the wall, who’s the most dominant of them all?
— Lori Riley, Hartford Courant, 7 Feb. 2023 -
Just come out here and be one of the dominant defensive tackles in the league.
— Joseph Person, charlotteobserver, 14 June 2017 -
Well, there are a couple of things that are quite dominant.
— IEEE Spectrum, 10 Jan. 2024 -
Horner’s Red Bull Racing team, meanwhile, has been a dominant force in the sport of F1 for years.
— Sean Neumann, Peoplemag, 16 Feb. 2024 -
What is the role of dominant and subordinate dogs in the process?
— Jeremy Engle, New York Times, 9 Mar. 2020 -
There won’t be a more dominant player in her sport for quite some time.
— Paul Sullivan, Chicago Tribune, 30 Aug. 2022 -
He's been dominant for nearly 15 years and still is ranked number two in the world.
— Jack Moore, GQ, 17 Jan. 2018 -
As the Midwestern state has shifted from purple to red over the past decade, Kaptur has remained a dominant force in its politics.
— Karissa Waddick, USA TODAY, 16 Apr. 2024 -
He was seen talking to Duke fans, dancing in the middle of the court during crunch time of crucial victories, all while being a dominant force with the basketball in his hand.
— Ben Morse, CNN, 4 Apr. 2024
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The running game still hasn’t found a dominant back since Lynch left.
— Jarrett Bell, USA TODAY, 9 Mar. 2018 -
This was once viewed as the dominant of the league's two divisions, with No.
— Paul Myerberg, USA TODAY, 10 Sep. 2019 -
Others, like Yul and Kim, were revered one-timers who hoped to show their first dominant runs were not a fluke.
— Dalton Ross, EW.com, 14 May 2020 -
But the system has changed to become point-guard dominant.
— Ira Winderman, sun-sentinel.com, 24 Oct. 2021 -
The Jags are run-dominant and are toast if rookie Leonard Fournette gets hurt.
— George Diaz, OrlandoSentinel.com, 19 Oct. 2017 -
Sunday’s blowout loss and last week’s stunning defeat to the Jets have erased all the goodwill coach Zac Taylor earned from a 5-2 start and a dominant over the Ravens.
— C.j. Doon, baltimoresun.com, 9 Nov. 2021 -
As the first half progressed, and with England dominant, the opportunity was there to put the game away.
— Martin Rogers, USA TODAY, 11 July 2018 -
Christian Brothers: The Oregon commit is as dominant of a tight end as this area has seen.
— Joe Davidson, sacbee, 2 Nov. 2017 -
The complaint also notes Renard Spivey appears to be right-hand dominant and he was shot through his left thigh area.
— Christina Maxouris and Sheena Jones, CNN, 31 July 2019 -
The Indians' dominant Andrew Miller is redefining the role of a set-up man, often serving as a set-up to the set-up man.
— Paul Sullivan, chicagotribune.com, 31 July 2017 -
The vaccine also has been found to have good efficacy against the variant dominant in South Africa.
— Mogomotsi Magome and Andrew Meldrum, Star Tribune, 14 Apr. 2021 -
Those who are vata dominant should minimize cold and raw foods and too much caffeine.
— Cynthia Sass, Mph, Health.com, 12 Aug. 2019 -
For about a month during the 2015 season, Young was as dominant a pass rusher as anyone in college football.
— Steve Jones, The Courier-Journal, 22 Aug. 2017 -
The process of becoming quad-dominant usually starts with tight hips.
— Alexa Tucker, SELF, 8 July 2017 -
Researchers have also found that the variant dominant in the U.K. is also more deadly than the original virus.
— Karel Janicek, Star Tribune, 16 Feb. 2021 -
No country artist was as dominant of an artistic and commercial force for a longer period of time than George Jones.
— Chuck Dauphin, Billboard, 10 July 2017 -
Knowing that, the non-dominant is always paying attention to those in power and what is going on around them.
— Kellee Terrell, Harper's BAZAAR, 22 Jan. 2019 -
Dominant in the air against most opponents and also a lethal poacher, Icardi will be supplied with crosses from both wings.
— SI.com, 19 Aug. 2017 -
After six wins last season behind a dominant, if under the radar, nationally ranked defense, WVU could be poised for a move in the Big 12.
— Chuck Carlton, Dallas News, 28 May 2021 -
But in recent years the rise of the internet and the accession of central and eastern European states have made English dominant.
— The Economist, 15 June 2019 -
The elite pitchers of the last 20 seasons who required Tommy John surgery amid dominant runs came back to perform at solid to exceptional levels.
— Alex Speier, BostonGlobe.com, 20 Mar. 2020 -
Fans had a love/hate relationship with Jackson’s ball-dominant, over-dribbling game.
— Vince Ellis, Detroit Free Press, 19 Oct. 2017 -
Meanwhile, the options among single-varietal or Cab Franc–dominant blends from Napa, Sonoma and elsewhere around the globe are dizzying.
— Mike Desimone and Jeff Jenssen, Robb Report, 18 Mar. 2023 -
High pressure remaining dominant also means clouds should be few and far between.
— Ian Livingston, Washington Post, 16 June 2018 -
Will Sabonis shed his reluctance to shoot when facing up, spread better than his predecessor Thad Young and not be so left-hand dominant?
— J. Michael, Indianapolis Star, 18 July 2019 -
Its once-dominant Hepatitis C franchise, which turned Gilead into one of the most important drug companies in the world earlier this decade, is now in decline.
— Charley Grant, WSJ, 10 Dec. 2018 -
Though once dominant in the classroom, Apple has slipped behind Google and Microsoft in recent years, which sell lower cost tablets and laptops that better fit tight school budgets.
— Edward C. Baig, USA TODAY, 27 Mar. 2018 -
If Duarte pans out, he's considered a more versatile version of McDermott who is right-hand dominant and primarily used on one side of the floor because of it.
— J. Michael, The Indianapolis Star, 30 July 2021 -
Researchers at the National Center for Voice and Speech theorize that singing is a more right-hemisphere brain function, while speaking is more left-hemisphere dominant.
— Jim Sullivan, Discover Magazine, 23 July 2015 -
Second, UConn’s dominant on the glass, while Miami is below average.
— Jeremy Cluff, The Arizona Republic, 27 Mar. 2023
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