How to Use predominantly in a Sentence

predominantly

adverb
  • The lice live in dry caves and feed predominantly on bat guano.
    — Elizabeth Kolbert, New Yorker, 22 June 2026
  • Step back a few decades and hooks were predominantly made of bronze or steel.
    — Joe Cermele, Outdoor Life, 19 June 2025
  • This summer, the blooms are predominantly red rather than the red and cream blend.
    — Rita Perwich, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Sep. 2025
  • Songs that would end up predominantly placed on my first album.
    — Jem Aswad, Variety, 29 June 2026
  • This is compared to around one-third of predominantly white schools.
    — Hannah Nwoko, Parents, 13 Aug. 2024
  • About 20% is from the large mat, which is predominantly bought as one-offs by teams.
    — Max Scheinblum, Denver Post, 17 Apr. 2026
  • Michelle noted the predominantly white and male faces around them.
    — Peter Slevin, New Yorker, 4 May 2026
  • So, there is a predominantly male perspective on how the city works or should work.
    — Vicky Spratt, refinery29.com, 8 Nov. 2021
  • That’s the cloth, and that’s predominantly made out of nylon.
    — Pat Maio, Oc Register, 29 May 2026
  • In a team game predominantly shaped by skill, technique and coaching, is there enough to gain?
    — Philip Buckingham, New York Times, 20 June 2025
  • It should not be lost on any of us that those cities mentioned are predominantly made up of people of color.
    — Kevin A. Slayton Sr, Baltimore Sun, 18 Aug. 2025
  • This is predominantly due to the metal base.
    — Audrey Lee, Architectural Digest, 20 Oct. 2025
  • Simpson has been predominantly a left guard in his career.
    — Daniel Popper, New York Times, 9 Mar. 2026
  • Our first two movies were movies about guys [and] were made for a predominantly female audience.
    — Calie Schepp, EW.com, 31 May 2022
  • Maybe a few hard-core film fans knew about the director’s role, but movies were predominantly star-driven.
    — Simon Abrams, The New Yorker, 16 Feb. 2023
  • How does race play a part in Eleanor’s story, and being part of a predominantly white friend group?
    — Arushi Jacob, Variety, 25 Mar. 2026
  • This isn't going to go over well with a predominantly straight male audience.
    — Megan Cartwright, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 Aug. 2025
  • The tax credits are off-limits to public school students, while the grants went predominantly to this group.
    — Audrey Dutton, Idaho Statesman, 19 Apr. 2025
  • Their plumage is predominantly black and white, similar to penguins, but their bright beaks and orange feet set them apart.
    — Jake Parks, Discover Magazine, 5 Sep. 2024
  • The woman is white and lives in a predominantly white neighborhood.
    — Cliff Pinckard, cleveland, 4 Aug. 2023
  • In the south, most villages are predominantly Shias.
    — Isaac Chotiner, New Yorker, 9 Apr. 2026
  • The very people who make up the city of Detroit are predominantly Black.
    — Lyndsay C. Green, Freep.com, 28 Sep. 2025
  • That alone marks a shift for the writer-directors, whose work tends predominantly to lock in on one or two main characters.
    — David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 24 May 2025
  • But Rolling Stone — and its predominantly white male readership — had its share of blind spots.
    — James Sullivan, San Francisco Chronicle, 3 Apr. 2026
  • There’s a lot of great filmmakers here, predominantly in French.
    — Callum McLennan, Variety, 16 Aug. 2025
  • Unlike clay, which solidifies into a dense block when frozen, the soil in this area is predominantly sand.
    — Ahmad Bajjey, CBS News, 10 Feb. 2026
  • The first attack was massive and came predominantly from Israeli war planes.
    — CBS News, 5 Mar. 2026
  • The bill is an all-women showcase of predominantly Nineties country stars.
    — Josh Crutchmer, Rolling Stone, 29 Jan. 2024
  • Nearly all of them are teenagers, predominantly female.
    — Josh Crutchmer, Rolling Stone, 4 Sep. 2025
  • Many of these sales took place in low-income, predominantly Black neighborhoods that have high rates of vacant homes.
    — Giacomo Bologna, Baltimore Sun, 15 Nov. 2022

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