If others were less obscure, the Cabinet as a unit was none the less notable as the creature of Presidential will, where Chance vied with Favoritism as arbiter.
Palaces and castles were filled to overflowing with the spoils of France; and the prisoners themselves vied with their captors in knightly sports and knightly magnificence.
The first coup-d'oeil decided the fate of all who appeared, and each of the fair judges vied with the others in the severity of the sentence pronounced on the unfortunate persons who thus came before their merciless tribunal.
Mine host was a little thin withered body, with a face that might have vied with the monkey whom the council of Aberdeen took for a sugar planter.
Grotius vied with the Latinists of his day in the composition of Latin verses.
During the revolution Gretry lost much of his property, but the successive governments of France vied in favouring the composer, regardless of political differences.
But the fortress was nobly defended; the Portuguese women vied with the men in gallantry, and after being reduced to the greatest extremities, the commandant, Antonio de Silveira, beat off the assailants.
Here a mild rivalry set in as ladies vied with one another to produce the most admirable cake, and even a slight competition arose over the ice cream.
The day was concluded with a "tournament," in which the neighborhood's young manhood vied with one another for the honor of crowning their lady queen.
He refused to believe that he himself was not an object of adoration to the great body of the people, because the official lickspittles by whom he was surrounded vied with each other in flattering his imbecile vanity.
The leaders of local fashion vied with each other in their attentions to the ladies of the family, more especially to Lady Mary, who was almost overwhelmed with civilities.
When the tidings of a new world beyond the seas reached Europe, Spanish and Portuguese expeditions vied with each other in exploring its coasts and sailing up its mighty rivers.
At all events we were strangers to Santiago, and they merrily vied with one another in showing us about and giving us much graphic information not to be found in guide-books.
Pilgrims, standing outside the door to gather alms, vied with one another in stories of their travels and the marvels they had seen.
Pan Vitovski, the castellan of Sandomir, an old and experienced soldier, vied with him.
The private regiments vied with the general militia, and the general militia with the infantry.
This merry gang of revelers vied with each other in dissipation and in jests on each other.
In their punishment of the rebels, the House of Commons vied with the Lords in severity, few showing any sympathy with the efforts of the peasants to obtain their freedom from feudal bondage.
The great writers and the great men of that day vied with each other in their compliments to Elizabeth's beauty, wisdom, and wit.
The King of France and the Emperor Charles V of Germany now vied with each other in seeking Henry's alliance.
Fine gentlemen in London vied with each other in the lowest ribaldry and the grossest profanity.
The presses of both political parties vied with each other in expressions of sorrow at the loss of a great and true man.
Each one of these outlaws now vied with his companions in finding articles to cover my nakedness and make me comfortable.
Every body had an opinion, and of course they viedwith each other in absurdity;--at last some one proposed to cut away the foresail, and bring her to the wind under bare poles.
This mode is well exemplified in the case of Malone and Steevens, who, carrying on their editorial labors simultaneously, seem to have vied with each other which should most enrich his edition with textual emendations.
The Colonna and Ursini vied with each other in the decoration of their palaces and chapels; and their antique splendor was rivalled or surpassed by the sudden opulence of the papal families.
They vied in talent with the regular troupes presided over respectively by Madame Sophie Gay, the mother of Madame Emile de Girardin, and the Duchesse d'Abrantes.
It was a gay time; and the kings vied with each other in entertainments, joustings, and tournaments.
They vied with each other in the costliness of their apparel, equipage, and plate, and in the variety and delicacy of the dainties with which their tables were covered.
Henry was escorted by his Moorish guard gorgeously equipped, and the cavaliers of his trainvied with each other in the sumptuous decorations of dress and equipage.
When the sun shone they sat down on a bank and ate their dinner; Pelle and Lasse Frederik viedwith one another in performing feats of strength on the withered grass; and Ellen hunted for winter boughs to decorate the house with.
The grand governing bodies, every illustrious personage, and all the most opulent merchants, vied with each other in testifying the happiness they felt on thus having the first hero of the world among them.
So timid was the disgraced bishop that he vied with the weak primate in his subserviency to Alice.
Thus the glorious king, who in his youth vied with his grandfather, seemed in his old age to have nearly approached the fate of his wretched father.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "vied" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
