How to Use dominant in a Sentence

dominant

1 of 2 adjective
  • It is the dominant culture in the region.
  • The company is now dominant in its market.
  • 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
  • One of the largest and most dominant bears.
    — Natalie Neysa Alund, USA Today, 23 Sep. 2025
  • There wasn’t a dominant hue to the crowd.
    — Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 28 June 2026
  • That’s still good, but not dominant.
    — Corey Masisak, Denver Post, 2 May 2026
  • So far, the team has looked like the same dominant force that won it all a year ago.
    — Evan Massey, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 Sep. 2025
  • Wacha was dominant, giving up just three hits and a walk.
    — ABC News, 28 Mar. 2026
  • There won’t be a more dominant player in her sport for quite some time.
    — Paul Sullivan, Chicago Tribune, 30 Aug. 2022
  • The Vols have been dominant on both sides of the ball to start the year.
    — Molly Keshin, New York Times, 17 Feb. 2026
  • But in the past few weeks, the dominant theme in finance land has been fear.
    — Zachary Karabell, Washington Post, 27 Feb. 2026
  • The team has been dominant this year, per usual.
    — Austin Turner, CBS News, 4 Apr. 2026
  • Change the dominant eye, and the pattern flips.
    — Scott Travers, Forbes.com, 27 May 2026
  • And the Leafs need that line — what should be their best line — to be dominant.
    — Jonas Siegel, New York Times, 12 Oct. 2025
  • 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
  • Or their desire to be in the good graces of a dominant movement.
    — Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 11 Mar. 2024
  • Loss has stuck as the dominant framework.
    — Emilie Hardman, JSTOR Daily, 6 May 2026
  • To kick off the season, Bosa had been a dominant force.
    — Evan Massey, MSNBC Newsweek, 23 Sep. 2025
  • Louisville has all of the tools to be a dominant defensive team.
    — Cameron Teague Robinson, The Courier-Journal, 1 Mar. 2020
  • Moisten your dominant hand with water and pick up the sushi rice.
    — Chronicle Staff, San Francisco Chronicle, 11 June 2018
  • The better ones tend to see the more dominant creative force in the duo lead the way.
    — Craig Jenkins, Vulture, 25 Jan. 2021
  • Her serve is too dominant and her strokes are too powerful to keep her down for long.
    — Chris Chase, For The Win, 31 May 2018
  • The Spaniard has emerged as one of the most dominant players in the sport.
    — Ryan Canfield, FOXNews.com, 19 May 2026
  • Hold the peach in your non-dominant hand with the stem side toward the ceiling.
    — Karla Walsh, Better Homes & Gardens, 15 Sep. 2022
  • The most dominant men’s tennis player over the first half of this decade.
    — Jason Gay, WSJ, 12 July 2018
  • So, is last season’s dominant team back?
    — Alex Kalinauckas, New York Times, 4 May 2026
  • The defense was dominant and the offense didn’t turn the ball over.
    — Sportsday Staff, Dallas News, 17 Sep. 2023
  • As the months passed, what was once a feature of their lives became the dominant force.
    — Belinda Luscombe, Time, 17 Apr. 2021
  • Mirror, mirror on the wall, who’s the most dominant of them all?
    — Lori Riley, Hartford Courant, 7 Feb. 2023

dominant

2 of 2 noun
  • 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
  • Those who are vata dominant should minimize cold and raw foods and too much caffeine.
    — Cynthia Sass, Mph, Health.com, 12 Aug. 2019
  • Their offense has been mostly bad, with all of their ball-dominant players on the roster.
    — Zach Harper, New York Times, 3 Nov. 2025
  • Puck-dominant top-six wingers need to learn how to move the puck from the wall/perimeter to the middle of the ice to drive offence.
    — Harman Dayal, New York Times, 2 Feb. 2026
  • 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
  • The process of becoming quad-dominant usually starts with tight hips.
    — Alexa Tucker, SELF, 8 July 2017
  • The Jags are run-dominant and are toast if rookie Leonard Fournette gets hurt.
    — George Diaz, OrlandoSentinel.com, 19 Oct. 2017
  • High pressure remaining dominant also means clouds should be few and far between.
    — Ian Livingston, Washington Post, 16 June 2018
  • The crowd was Venezuelan-dominant from the start, and the fan zone outside was more packed than earlier in the day.
    — Noah Gulley, Miami Herald, 8 Mar. 2026
  • The relaxing indica-dominant effects are ideal for pain and stress relief at the end of a long day.
    — Emily Earlenbaugh, Forbes.com, 25 Aug. 2025
  • 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
  • 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
  • In right-handers with a right-dominant eye, visual information moves faster from the right to the left hemisphere than the reverse.
    — Scott Travers, Forbes.com, 27 May 2026
  • 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
  • Fans had a love/hate relationship with Jackson’s ball-dominant, over-dribbling game.
    — Vince Ellis, Detroit Free Press, 19 Oct. 2017
  • 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
  • The luteal phase covers days 15 through 28, with progesterone dominant.
    — Allison Palmer june 4, Miami Herald, 4 June 2026
  • 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
  • When a strategic thinker takes time to risk-proof a plan, an Executing-dominant leader reads it as overthinking.
    — Jo Self, Forbes.com, 26 May 2026
  • 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
  • New chapters continue to be written at the storied track year after year -- lately with one dominant, main character.
    — Julius Long and Jill Martin, CNN, 12 July 2019
  • Is 'this time is different' narrative dominant?
    — Hersh Shefrin, Forbes.com, 1 June 2026
  • Some express skepticism on whether James can stay patient with Dončić ball-dominant and isolation-heavy play.
    — Mark Medina, Forbes.com, 30 June 2026
  • Fans mostly knew Chapman as a once-dominant closer, who, in recent years, had been relegated to a setup role.
    — Jen McCaffrey, New York Times, 30 Sep. 2025
  • In fact, most residents of those neighborhoods are Spanish-language dominant.
    — Megan Cassidy, azcentral, 8 May 2017
  • In 2024-25, his last healthy season, Trae Young was one of the most ball-dominant players in the league.
    — Sam McDowell, Kansas City Star, 24 June 2026
  • 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
  • Chef Justin Freeman wins over diners with vegan makeovers of dairy-dominant dishes like cacio e pepe, tiramisu, and mushroom risotto.
    — Brittany Anas, Denver Post, 21 Aug. 2025
  • 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

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