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Definition of Contending
1. contend [v] - See also: contend
Lexicographical Neighbors of Contending
Literary usage of Contending
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Works of Charles Sumner by Charles Sumner (1877)
"RESOLUTION proposing the good offices of the United States between the contending
parties of Mexico. WHEREAS the Republic of Mexico, though relieved from ..."
2. History of the United Netherlands, from the Death of William the Silent to by John Lothrop Motley (1900)
"CHAPTER XLIV Equation between the contending powers—Treaty of peace between ...
The equation between the contending forces indicated the necessity of peace. ..."
3. Publishers Weekly by Publishers' Board of Trade (U.S.), Book Trade Association of Philadelphia, American Book Trade Union, Am. Book Trade Association, R.R. Bowker Company (1904)
"Railroads, newspapers, politics, corporations, bosses, gangs and all the bustling,
contending forces about us are here in profusion. ..."
4. Dictionary of national biography by Leslie Stephen, Sidney Lee (1892)
"He acted decisively, and when he retired in 18<>8 Ireland was tranquil. any of
the great contending forms of Christianity, and he strenuously promoted the ..."
5. United States Statutes at Large: Containing the Laws and Concurrent by United States (1850)
"... regret which Congress feel for the loss of that valuable officer, who died in
the arms of victory, nobly contending for his country's rights and fame. ..."
6. From Manassas to Appomattox: Memoirs of the Civil War in America by James Longstreet (1908)
"... Officers and Men— Ninety-seven killed or wounded in the Space of Fifty
Yards—General Burnside's Plan of Battle—Strength of the Contending Forces. ..."
7. The Complete Poetical Works of Sir Walter Scott by Walter Scott (1900)
"... bosom strove Repentance and reviving love, Like whirlwinds whose contending
sway Their host the Palmer's speech had heard, I 've seen Loch ..."
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