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Meanings of contending in English
Usage of contending in English
1
Bush, though we are still contending with the health and environmental consequences.
2
Twenty notes which were issued last year are contending for the title.
3
In the south, Calhoun and Crawford were already contending for the mastery.
4
The Persian believes in eternal light, and he hates the contending darkness.
5
Yes; the contending forces have been gradually drawing nearer ever since daylight.
6
They were the tombs of empires and the sepulchres of contending races.
7
But it was precisely the principle for which the colonists were contending.
8
Transport providers, also contending with rising fuel costs, responded by raising fares.
9
According to Oleg they were one of the powers contending this night.
10
The town was taken again and again by the contending religious factions.
11
A truce among the contending parties followed and the storm blew over.
12
Worse things were in store for the brave man contending with ill-fortune.
13
Injury had denied both men a proper run at contending for places.
14
I did not see the encounter of the high contending powers, but
15
They were contending whether the execution would really occur the next day.
16
Then a deep stream was the only boundary between the contending parties.
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Contending through the time
Contending across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common
United States of America
Common