How to Use dominate in a Sentence

dominate

verb
  • His work dominated the art scene last year.
  • He dominated her life for many years.
  • Our team dominated play throughout the game.
  • Our team dominated throughout the game.
  • One company has dominated the market for years.
  • How much have these three dominated in the past two years?
    — Merlisa Lawrence Corbett, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2025
  • The people who still dominate tech are in that area.
    — Big Think, 10 Nov. 2025
  • There’s one that dominates and one that has to be subservient.
    — Tyler Coates, The Hollywood Reporter, 27 Dec. 2023
  • Both have dominated the sport, with scores far above the rest of the pack.
    — Allison Parshall, Scientific American, 9 Feb. 2026
  • Winners pick one thing and dominate it.
    — Jodie Cook, Forbes.com, 26 Jan. 2026
  • For a state dominated by one party, that is not a sign of strength.
    — Matt Chilliak, Boston Herald, 30 Mar. 2026
  • Iran dominated the news so much that Venezuela seems like old news.
    — Jordan Blum, Fortune, 28 Mar. 2026
  • Talent isn’t enough to dominate this sport.
    — Marcus Thompson Ii, New York Times, 7 Jan. 2026
  • So how did such weak, wimpy creatures come to dominate the planet?
    — Alisa Bowman, Discover Magazine, 30 Dec. 2022
  • Georgia’s quest for a three-peat will dominate the sport’s focus for the next year.
    — Los Angeles Times, 9 Jan. 2023
  • Every year, a fresh crop of trends pop up to dominate the market for the season.
    — Merrell Readman, Travel + Leisure, 29 May 2026
  • Ryan dominates the Royals with each start.
    — Kansas City Star, 7 Sep. 2025
  • Once here, brown rats rapidly took over black rats’ turf, dominating in just a few decades, per the study.
    — Lauren Leffer, Popular Science, 3 Apr. 2024
  • Where to stay By far the smartest place to stay in a town still dominated by bare-bones bolt-holes.
    — Chris Schalkx, Condé Nast Traveler, 16 Mar. 2026
  • That doesn't mean gold should dominate your portfolio, though.
    — Angelica Leicht, CBS News, 2 Mar. 2026
  • Fastest car the last couple weeks, been in position to just dominate races.
    — Paul Du Quenoy, MSNBC Newsweek, 27 Mar. 2025
  • But to see a team that dominates in the World Cup on home court would be amazing.
    — Jeff Wagner, CBS News, 12 June 2026
  • The first day of the draft was dominated, of course, by the quarterbacks.
    — Mark Heim | [email protected], al, 28 Apr. 2023
  • The offense won’t have to do much if the defense keeps dominating, though.
    — Steven Louis Goldstein, New York Times, 12 Oct. 2025
  • These questions will dominate the months ahead as Maryland licks its wounds.
    — Childs Walker, Baltimore Sun, 24 May 2024
  • Throughout most of the game, the Bears were dominating the day.
    — James Brizuela, MSNBC Newsweek, 9 Sep. 2025
  • But relief pitchers are so dominating these days, teams don’t see the need to ask them to do that.
    — Jayson Stark, New York Times, 26 Oct. 2025
  • The big megabanks that dominate the credit card business just haven’t gone there.
    — Ivana Pino, Fortune, 11 Nov. 2022
  • Legacy players still dominate in cash-heavy economies.
    — Zennon Kapron, Forbes.com, 30 Aug. 2025
  • Not with the desire to dominate others, but to encounter them!
    — Anthony Faiola, Washington Post, 5 Apr. 2026

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