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Example sentences for "contender"

Lexicographically close words:
contenant; contenaunce; contend; contende; contended; contenders; contendeth; contending; contendings; contends
  1. Hillsboro gave that young city aspirations, and in 1890 it came forward as a contender for the county seat.

  2. The year following there was talk of capital removal, the most serious contender being the city of Jamestown, 100 miles to the east.

  3. He was a faithful contender against the lordly encroachments of prelacy.

  4. Official Motion Pictures of the Sensational Heavyweight Boxing Contest Between Joe Louis of Detroit, Heavyweight Contender and Jack Sharkey.

  5. There was a moment's struggle and His Lordship fell back sulky and beaten and was no longer a contender in the race.

  6. Then it was that Star Hawk loomed up as a dangerous contender as he finally found his stride and had clear sailing.

  7. Obadiah--and I sort of figured him the contender in this race, too.

  8. The tenth was Jeremiah and the most reckless hustler at the track refused to consider the black horse as a contender for anything but sanguinary honours.

  9. Already Go-lat saw in this young ape a possible contender for the laurels of his kingship and consequently the old bull looked upon Zu-tag with jealousy and disfavor.

  10. But I have not done so; I really am, or seem to be, a sincere Contender for the allegorical Sense.


  11. The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "contender" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
    Other words:
    antagonist; belligerent; blade; brawler; bully; competitor; contender; contestant; disputant; duelist; enemy; entrant; field; fighter; gamecock; gladiator; goon; gorilla; hood; hoodlum; knight; militant; opponent; player; pugilist; rioter; rival; rough; rowdy; ruffian; struggler; swashbuckler; sword; swordsman; thug; tough; wrangler