It seemed to work: throughout the show, good spirits prevailed.

Even in a mad world, the spirit of man may yet prevail.

The spirit of the times has prevailed over individual belief.

A spirit of political reconciliation prevailed in the early 1960s.

I try to believe a spirit of healing, not hatred, will prevail.

But we soldier on, confident that in the end the free human spirit will prevail.

There were no more disagreements that evening, and a spirit of good feeling prevailed.

Finally, despite the danger, a spirit of compassion had prevailed.

There is no guarantee that a spirit of partnership will prevail.

A fight which he feels would not have been necessary had "human spirit prevailed over ego".