His imagination vies with the sense of reality, often overpowers it; yet his beliefs show many signs of their insecure foundations.
He vies time with the slothful, and it is a hard match whether chases away good hours to worse purpose, the one by doing nothing, or the other by idle pastime.
Of the part which is devoted to women the chief portion is the celebrated Dames Galantes, which is preceded by a series of Vies des Dames Illustres, matching the Grands Capitaines.
For savage as the country is, it vies In luxury, if I may trust my eyes, With dissolute Canopus.
Whatever feasts be made are summed up here, His table vies not standing with his cheer.
For he alone is king and lord of all the undying gods, and no other vies with him in power.
This story is referred to by Brantôme, both in his Vies des Homines illustres et grands Capitaines français, and in his Vies des Dames galantes.
The story therefore may be worth telling again, though it may be found in the "Cinquième Discours" of the Vies des Dames Galantes.
Brantôme also refers to the story in question in his Vies des Hommes illustres et grands Capitaines français (vol.
It may be added that Brantôme makes a passing allusion to this tale of the Heptameron in his Vies des Dames Galantes (Disc, i.
The movements of this bird in the water are described as most graceful; in swimming it vies with the Swan, and it is a skilful diver.
This bird, which in brilliancy of plumage vies with the Hummingbirds, possesses little claim to be ranked among soberly clad British birds.
Like beads of glossy jet her eyes; 5 And, smoothed by Nature's skill, With pearl or gleaming agate vies Her finely-curved bill.
Here to stimulate so great a concourse of students there is so great a throng of clerks that it vies with the numerous multitude of the laity.
Mechanics, individually, talk glibly about their own arts, but not one of them so lightly vies (in practice) with the architect or the boxer.
Another instance of a departure from King James's stereotyped pattern occurs on Thevet's Vies des hommes illustres, printed at Paris, 1584.
This design is particularly pleasing, and it is likely that it was executed by the same binder who bound the edition of Thevet's Vies des hommes illustres, described above, for James I.
Thiers and published by Charles Blanc in his "Vies des Peintres" can hardly be accepted as genuine.
For bits of well-woven cloth, thread, and fishing-nets, this station vies with Robenhausen.
In the same Museum there is a stone (perforated) axe-hammer head which vies in elegance of workmanship with any from Scandinavia (No.
Brantôme, who refers at length to the above tale in his Viesdes Dames Galantes (Lalanne's edition, pp.
The Hall of Hercules, so called from the colossal statue by Alfonso Lombardo, vies with the Sala Farnese in splendour.
It vieswith Donatello's equestrian group of Gattamelata at Padua in being perhaps the best Italian Renaissance statue extant.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "vies" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
