Sentence example with the word 'contending'

contending

Last update: July 13, 2015


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The rivalry between the French and English factions in Scotland was complicated by private feuds of the Hamiltons and Douglases, the respective heads of which houses, Arran and Angus, were contending for the supreme power in the absence of Albany in France, where at the instance of Henry VIII.   [Please select]

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"Reason is a feeble weapon in contending with a woman."   [Please select]

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Burke Denby half started from his chair, his face a battle-ground for contending emotions.   [Please select]

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It was unfortunate that the two contending parties were so equally matched.   [Please select]

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They were decided three thousand miles away by the navies of the contending countries.   [Please select]

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The contending factions sat on opposite sides of the room.   [Please select]

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The Americans, contending for their rights against arbitrary exactions, I love and admire.   [Please select]

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