How to Use compete in a Sentence

compete

verb

• Thousands of applicants are competing for the same job.
• She competed against students from around the country.
• We are competing with companies that are twice our size.
• Did you compete in the track meet on Saturday?
• The radio and the television were both on, competing for our attention.
• Cold water fish are forced to compete with the warm water species that migrate farther north.
  — Kenton Gewecke, ABC News, 14 Feb. 2023
• As a group of the court, our job is to go out there and compete and win and play and improve on a nightly basis.
  — Duane Rankin, The Arizona Republic, 8 Feb. 2023
• Hawkins described her approach to riding and competing.
  — Tiffani Arnold, Chicago Tribune, 30 Nov. 2024
• The unease conjured up by the average horror flick can scarcely compete.
  — Kyle Smith, WSJ, 2 Feb. 2023
• On Wednesday evening, students from the city’s northeast region gathered at West High to compete.
  — Morgan Krakow, Anchorage Daily News, 3 Feb. 2023
• Has Gonzaga’s window to compete for a national title closed?
  — Lindsay Schnell, USA TODAY, 3 Feb. 2023
• Up to four players can compete, and this expansion pack is the best version of Mario Kart yet, according to one person.
  — Lauren Fischer, People.com, 29 Nov. 2024
• Annual Chili Cook-Off , where amateur and professional chefs compete to find out who makes the best chili in town.
  — Sun Sentinel, 3 Feb. 2023
• The researchers concluded that CWI could benefit athletes who train or compete twice within the same day.
  — Maggie O'Neill, SELF, 3 Feb. 2023
• Louisville track and field is among the teams scheduled to compete.
  — Brooks Warren, The Courier-Journal, 14 Jan. 2024
• To compete against him & to work with him was a blessing in my life.
  — Gary Bedore, Kansas City Star, 27 May 2024
• Teams no longer compete in eight groups of four during the group stages.
  — Ben Church, CNN, 2 Oct. 2024
• Bunny competes, among others, for Artist of the Year, Global 200 artist of the year, and tour of the year.
  — Sigal Ratner-Arias, Billboard, 12 Sep. 2024
• But solid might not be enough to compete for the title.
  — Jon Wilner, The Mercury News, 1 Mar. 2024
• But adding players to compete on the field is only part of the equation.
  — oregonlive, 4 Apr. 2023
• Players compete for points in the Mario world spread across a giant screen.
  — Asuka Kawanabe, WIRED, 21 Aug. 2024
• This one competes head-to-head with Intel's 10th gen i9.
  — Shubham Yewale, PCMAG, 30 Apr. 2024
• The winners of the semifinal games will compete for gold.
  — Kristian Winfield, New York Daily News, 26 July 2024
• Both Tania and Nyaundi will be in Boston to watch Obiri compete.
  — Scott Cacciola, New York Times, 16 Apr. 2023
• Archers compete to win each stage and to qualify for the World Cup Final.
  — Natalie Krebs, Outdoor Life, 7 Feb. 2024
• Chiles, who was waiting at the end of the vault runway to compete, jumped in the air and pulled the freshman into a tight embrace.
  — Thuc Nhi Nguyen, Los Angeles Times, 1 Apr. 2023
• Each three-member team paid a $3,500 entry fee to compete in the bee, which was held in-person for the first time in two years.
  — Breanne Kovatch, BostonGlobe.com, 1 Apr. 2023
• Great for when friends come over or for siblings who love to compete, anywhere.
  — Amy Joyce, Washington Post, 4 Dec. 2023
• Ten teams compete in a series of a couple dozen races that take place on racetracks and city streets all around the globe.
  — David Hill, Rolling Stone, 14 Jan. 2024
• Just Dance is one of our editor’s long-standing holiday traditions, ever since the year her dad and father-in-law competed in a Lady Gaga showdown.
  — Dorian Smith-Garcia, Parents, 2 Dec. 2024

Last Updated: 17 Dec 2024