prevailing

Anxiety on Jane’s behalf was another prevailing concern; and Mr.

The baron, followed by the count, traversed a long series of apartments, in which the prevailing characteristics were heavy magnificence and the gaudiness of ostentatious wealth, until he reached the boudoir of Madame Danglars—a small octagonal-shaped room, hung with pink satin, covered with white Indian muslin.

For decades, the prevailing assumption among both the lay public and scientific communities was that human memory functioned much like a flawless recording device.