The immense engine power of the Puck gave her as great an advantage over her rival in soaring as in horizontal speed.
Had some rival appeared on the scene at the very moment when he saw the crown of his long toil?
The inevitable result was, an eager competition by the more zealous members of the rival communions.
The establishment of a settlement in Van Diemen's Land, perhaps thus hastened by the jealousy of a rival power, was at first chiefly intended to relieve Port Jackson.
The Cornwall Press describes his rival as "an addle-pated upstart--a superannuated Zany.
The rival traders filled Quebec with their quarrels; and Champlain, seeing his authority set at naught, was forced to occupy his newly built fort with a band of armed followers.
De Chastes was one of those men who, amid the strife of factions and rage of rival fanaticisms, make reason and patriotism their watchwords, and stand on the firm ground of a strong and resolute moderation.
The fierce monk choked down his venom; the soldier sheathed his sword, the assassin his dagger; rival chiefs grasped hands, and masked their rancor under hollow smiles.
A powerful protector must be had,--a great name to shield the enterprise from assaults and intrigues of jealous rival interests.
Discord was here in the black robe of the Jesuit and the brown capote of the rival trader.
In deeds of blood and treachery he had no rival in the Acadian forest; and, as his old age was beset with enemies, his alliance with the French had a foundation of policy no less than of affection.
The idea had seized them that these lawless bands of rival traders, all well armed, meant to plunder and kill them.
Calumny did not spare him; and a rivalchief intimated to the French, that, under cover of a war with the Armouchiquois, the crafty veteran meant to seize and plunder Port Royal.
Francis the First begrudged his hated rival the glories and profits of the New World.
In the summer of 1612, Champlain was forced to forego his yearly voyage to New France; nor, even in the following spring, were his labors finished and the rival interests brought to harmony.
He can now walk without leading strings, and is grown so expert that our rambles are become trials of rival skill.
For although that enlightened King had discarded the taste of the nations around him, it was not half so certain as the prisoner could have wished that his prejudice would resist the relish of a candid rival in prime condition.
A bloody farce was in preparation, noble lives were to be perjured away, and above all, the only great rival in the hearts of soldiers must be turned out of France.
It was no consolation to him to think that his rival in the other pit would have to submit to a similar fate.
For a time, Hendrik was again chagrined to think that the rival hunter had been more successful than himself.
Behold, how low is laid the proud rival of your grandfather!
The dagger seemed the surest way; for could he render the blow effectual, he should not only destroy the rival of his wishes, but, by ridding his monarch of a powerful foe, deserve every honor at the royal hands.
The successfulrival of Bruce, and the enemy of your family, is now a prisoner in the Tower of London.
Those who had fought with Wallace, longed to redouble their fame under his command; and they who had recently embraced his standard, panted with a virtuous ambition to rival those first-born in arms.
Nuño de Guzman, rival of Cortés and invader of Jalisco and Sinaloa, must have approached the southern boundary of Seri territory about 1530, though there is no record of contact with these tribesmen.
This contemporary recital, written by Escalante’s acquaintance and rival in exploration and subjugation, Juan Mateo Mange, bears both internal and external evidence of falling well within the truth.
That rival was honored, while the mistress was wronged and scorned; her crown was of briars, while gold the rival's brows adorned.
Sir Benjamin, hilariously, "do we then greet another rival for the smiles of our Admirable Lady Betty--begad!
Sir Benjamin sat down amidst loud acclaim, and there immediately followed a perfervid debate as to the rival merits of the several authors and finally, amid a scene of great excitement, Mr. Marchdale was declared the victor.
Porpora, who was a rival of Handel in England as an opera composer, published and dedicated twelve to the Prince of Wales in 1735 as a mark of gratitude for the support which he had given him in his disputes with the testy German.
No words could rival the impassioned beauty of this melodious number.
The work opens with a fiery introduction representing the combats and tumults of the two rival houses of Capulet and Montague, and the intervention of the Prince.
The procession chorus is, in this respect, most noteworthy of all, and may be found no mean rival of that in the "Rose of Sharon.
And like her great rival in mathematics, Maria Gaetana Agnesi, she was always "beautifully womanly.
She was also the aunt of Sir John Herschel, who was the only rival of his uncle, Sir William, as an explorer of the heavens.
Anjou--disgusted with the temporary favor accorded to a rival whom he affected to despise--disbanded his troops in dudgeon, and prepared to retire to France.
The acts of demagogues, the conservative disgust at licence, the jealousy of rival nobles, the venality of military leaders, threw daily fresh stumbling-blocks in his heroic path.
His rival in the chamber, and on the bed, of Militona!
I, who never till now knew how strong are the ties by which my rival held you.
To rival him with one woman, methought could be little injury, when in her absence twenty others equally could charm.
Can I do more than even yield to my rivalthat resemblance of her enchanting face?
And the agony of this prospect to Clement could in no one instance be equalled, except perchance by the knowledge of your being in the possession of a rival and lost to him for ever.
At Mrs. Ashburn's table Janetta Laundy had no rival in beauty.
Luckless be ever the youth who shall presume to rival you'--I'll give you ten guineas for Rosetta, Filmar.
Furthermore, the Italian Government appeared to be by no means pleased with the idea of a Jugo-Slav state so strong that it might become a commercial, if not a naval, rival of Italy in the Adriatic.
After leaving that town the rivalbiplanes were to circle the peak of Old Thunder Top three times, and last of all make a landing on the campus.
In the first place, they had met Percy going in, while they were coming out; though Frank had wisely given his reckless rival plenty of swinging room, not wishing to have a head-on collision.
Say, you're gazing right now on the wonderful new aeroplane which your rival Percy has sent for, and in which he means to make you fellows look like two cents.
He could thoroughly enjoy seeing a rival perform brilliant "stunts;" and the only effect was to spur him on to excelling.
This prospect of being brought home by a victorious rival was apparently not very pleasant to Percy's proud soul.
Frank himself was resolved never again to be tempted into risking his life unnecessarily simply because a reckless rival threatened to dub him a coward.
For was not Percy Carberry the old-time rivalof Frank; and on numerous occasions had he not striven furiously to keep the cousins from winning the laurels that came their way, despite all opposition?
Frank saw that his rival was right there alongside when they had sped swiftly over what might be five miles; and it took very few minutes to accomplish this part of the race, too.
In that case the sooner they put on a spurt, and left their rival behind, the better Andy would like it.
Andy had been holding in his breath while this short conversation was being held between the rival pilots of the aircraft, with voices raised to shouts.
The judge had gained a spot between the rival biplanes, where he could be easily heard.
If he believed that he would have an easy thing of it, and leave his rivalfar in the lurch, he gave no expression to such views.
Although the tribes in the neighbourhood were friendly and docile, they were still capable, upon provocation, to rival those Iroquois who were a constant source of terror to the New England settlers.
However circuitous the stratagem might be, it was clear that they had thus become proprietors of one commercial company for the purpose of advancing the fortunes of another, and a rival concern.
For in the autumn of 1798 the Company had received advices that its prosperous Canadian rival had taken a new step in the conduct of its affairs.
It cannot be denied that between the two rival companies the North-Westers possessed one dangerous advantage, viz.
The death of its principal Adventurer strengthened, on the part of the Company, the sentiment for peace; and by removing the chief obstacle hastened an amalgamation of interests of the rival traders.
The two rival Canadian associations now put forth all their strength to establish their commerce in the unknown and unfrequented regions.
From all accounts that had been received, it was not believed that the rival French Company was in a position to maintain a very strong force for an all-winter defence, especially since the alienation of Iberville.
Canada, the only rivalof the Northmen in the Uplands was the Hudson's Bay Company.
Oftentimes indeed did the rival traders meet in the wilderness at a deserted camp, or at some remote portage, but they bore no personal enmity in their hearts.
The death of McTavish, in 1804, brought about a reunion of the two rival factions, and the North-West Company became stronger than ever.
As we have seen, it was he who, in 1821, played the principal part in the amalgamation of the rival companies.
M12 Shilluk kings formerly liable to be attacked and killed at any time by rival claimants to the throne.
When at last his rival appeared, the fight would take place in grim silence, broken only by the clash of spears and shields, for it was a point of honour with the king not to call the herdsmen to his assistance.
The procession of the Summer, which was subsequently composed of little girls and called the Maceboard, outlived that of its rival the Winter for some years; but both have now long been things of the past.
If the Queen of Winter's forces got the better of their adversaries and took her rival prisoner, the captive Queen of Summer was ransomed for as much as would pay the expenses of the festival.
Accordingly, to rid himself of his future rival he resorted to a device like that which his father Cronus had employed for a similar purpose.
His discomfited rival retired to Sweden and was afterwards slain in an attempt to repair his shattered fortunes.
Socialism in France is a movement appealing to the revolutionary instincts of the French democracy, advocated in vague terms by the members of rival groups or sects.
It was also conspicuously utilized by rival republican politicians against one another, and the chaos of political groups was further confused by it.
Politics now bore the double imprint of two rival powers: the Congregation and Carbonarism.
In order to oust his rival Henry of Guise, Henry III.
But, as in 1830, the republican-socialist party had set up a rival government at the Hotel de Ville, including L.
Louvre by the populace in revolt; but his rival dared not go so far as to depose the king, and appeased the tumult.
Philip the Bold, duke of Burgundy, the king's uncle, had certain advantages over his rival Louis of Orleans, Charles VI.
There were no longer two rival monarchies in France; the feudal equilibrium was destroyed, to the advantage of the duchy of France.
He chose war, as did his Spanish rival and contemporary Olivares.
After dinner, as the bottle went round, the rival cock-fighters, warmed to enthusiasm in praise of their birds.
I would rather my rival were any one else than the son of a man I am obliged to; and a most dangerous rival he must be, if he have his father's merit, and his father's manners.
But myrival was a man of infinite resource; when one mode of attack failed, he tried another.
Now that the kneeling figure appeared to him as a rival in despair, not in triumph, Ormond asked himself how he could ever have been such an idiot as to doubt Florence Annaly.
Why Ormond did not enter the lists, when there appeared to all the judges such a chance of his winning the prize, seemed incomprehensible to the spectators, and still more to the rival candidates.
Deacon Pitkin's Farm" is full of those thoroughly truthful touches of New England in which, if you are not unrivaled, I do not know who your rival may be.
Whether Mrs. Scudder will rival Mrs. Poyser, we shall see.
From the recesses of the wood they send forth the cries of the animals which are most eagerly sought by the rival hunters.
In the 12th century the clergy introduced miracle plays and Scripture histories to rival the performances of the strolling players, which had become very gross.
Tarlatan can now be had in hues that almost rival the colours of flowers, but I fear that only the white can be had "fire-proof.
The Indians are generally anxious to pay off the debt thus incurred but their good intentions are often frustrated by the arts of the rival traders.
This patent was the subject of long litigation between rival inventors, to the great benefit of the lawyers, and loss of the industrious and ingenious.
At Chester we may either push on to Ireland by way of the Holyhead Railway, crossing the famous Britannia Tubular Bridge, or to Birkenhead, the future rival of Liverpool.
It is the misfortune of Birmingham to be sacrificed to the disagreements of two rival factions, one calling itself Conservative, and the other Radical, both filling the pockets and doing the work of lawyers at the expense of the ratepayers.
Some people think Birkenhead will be the rival of Liverpool, we think not: it will be a dependency or suburb of the greater capital.
After Arkwright's manufactures stimulated the trade of America, cotton imports into Liverpool soon began to rival the sugar and tobacco imports into Bristol.
A specimen produced by subscription for the Hyde Park Exhibition of 1851, proved that Coventry was quite able to rival the choicest work of France in the class of machine-made ribands.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "rival" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
