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"Contend" in a Sentence (22 examples)
Besides those serious problems, he had to contend with all sorts of people.
He had to contend against physical suffering.
To contend in a joust, be it verbal, one must also behave in a chivalrous way.
I contend that we are both atheists. I just believe in one fewer god than you do. When you understand why you dismiss all the other possible gods, you will understand why I dismiss yours.
It is much to be wished that slavery may be abolished. The honour of the States, as well as justice and humanity, in my opinion, loudly call upon them to emancipate these unhappy people. To contend for our own liberty, and to deny that blessing to others, involves an inconsistency not to be excused.
Ideas are inherently conservative. They yield not to the attack of other ideas but to the massive onslaught of circumstance with which they cannot contend.
Dear friends, although I was making every effort to write to you concerning our common salvation, I considered it a necessity to write to you to encourage you to contend for the faith delivered once and for all to the saints.
In kendo, two people, each equipped with a bamboo sword, contend with each other.
A canny one, I do contend, simply tips their glass on end.
Are humans like goldfish in a fishbowl? In outer space and on other moons and planets, we would have to contend with different gravities, different atmospheres, and other environmental elements that differ from Earth's.
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The Lord said unto me, Distress not the Moabites, neither contend with them in battle.
For never two such kingdoms did contend without much fall of blood.
2011, Osaiah "Ike" Wilson III, James J.F. Forrest, Handbook of Defence Politics the armies of Syria and Lebanon lack the capability to contend with the Israeli army, as demonstrated during the course of the First Lebanon War.
17th century, John Dryden, Epistle III to the Lady Castlemain You sit above, and see vain men below / Contend for what you only can bestow.
God has entrusted something to the church, and it is the church's job to contend for it, even unto death
these simple ideas are far from those innate principles which some contend for
many of those things he so fiercely contended about , were either falle or trivial
In this paper the author contends that no useful results can be obtained if this method is used.
Some panellists contended that the costs of research and care justified the establishment of a permanent national commission
His critics contend the eight years [term limit] expired Tuesday, the day before the anniversary of Prayuth officially becoming prime minister in the military government installed after the coup.
A group of Colorado voters contends that Section 3 of the Fourteenth Amendment to the Constitution prohibits former President Donald J. Trump, who seeks the Presidential nomination of the Republican Party in this year’s election, from becoming President again.
However, the challenges for the railway world are much greater than for automotive as we generally have more occupants, higher speeds, greater masses, higher energies, and an absence of seatbelts or airbags to contend with.
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