How to Use contend in a Sentence

contend

verb

• These people contend that they have earned the right to the land.
• The team is expected to contend for the championship this year.
• Kelce could even contend that the man was trying to inflict emotional distress.
  — Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 3 Nov. 2024
• He's struggled with injuries over the last few seasons, but will now look to contribute on a top contending team.
  — Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 5 Nov. 2024
• In rewriting the past, Putin has to contend with the present.
  — Frida Ghitis, CNN, 9 May 2022
• At the same time, there is all that fat to contend with.
  — Helen Rosner, The New Yorker, 16 Feb. 2022
• The metro will have some new snow to contend with, as well.
  — Pioneer Press, Twin Cities, 6 Dec. 2019
• Do the Jazz need to make a trade to contend for a title?
  — The Salt Lake Tribune, 15 Dec. 2021
• This might be the time for the Jazz to vault from the fringes of contending to the foreground.
  — Dan Woike, Los Angeles Times, 20 Oct. 2019
• Now the world is contending with the worst oil shock in years.
  — Julia Horowitz, CNN, 16 Sep. 2019
• For much of the last decade, households around the world have had to contend with it.
  — Kaya Yurieff, CNN, 18 Feb. 2020
• And many of them will contend with the kinds of problems that have plagued Zeiger.
  — Jim Rendon, Marie Claire, 29 Oct. 2018
• This is the last thing a team struggling to break out of a deep funk needs to contend with.
  — Brad Biggs, chicagotribune.com, 23 Nov. 2021
• Many came dressed in costumes, and all had to contend with new snow on the ground.
  — Anchorage Daily News, 28 Feb. 2021
• But during the day, there were no such crowds to contend with.
  — New York Times, 29 May 2021
• All of this matters for a team that is on the cusp of contending again.
  — Jared Wyllys, Forbes, 30 Nov. 2023
• The city of Vallejo now has a new lawsuit to contend with.
  — Sean Dooley, ABC News, 3 June 2021
• Thus, Bryant contends the House case is not an engine of progress.
  — Daniel Libit, Sportico.com, 18 July 2024
• The dozens of designers that show this week will have to contend with that.
  — Steff Yotka, Vogue, 9 July 2018
• This is something that… staff will have to contend with in the future.
  — Karen Pearlman, sandiegouniontribune.com, 11 June 2018
• Three drivers so young and already able to contend with the best week-in-and-out.
  — Nathan Brown, The Indianapolis Star, 5 Oct. 2021
• Frank contends that the land shouldn't cost that much, even with the new additions.
  — Olivia Krauth, The Courier-Journal, 10 Mar. 2020
• Otherwise, the quest to contend will remain stuck in the mud.
  — oregonlive, 15 Apr. 2022
• The company will have to contend with the prospect of lower sales for some time.
  — Phil Wahba, Fortune, 12 Feb. 2018
• Pittsburgh is among the contending teams that need to shed salary to be under the cap.
  — Washington Post, 19 June 2019
• There are three storm systems to contend with through the middle of next week.
  — Dave Epstein, BostonGlobe.com, 18 Jan. 2023
• Chiles lost the chance to contend for an all-around medal to her teammate Suni Lee, who went on to win bronze.
  — Kaetlyn Liddy, NBC News, 5 Aug. 2024
• Hurley questioned if his team is built to contend in the Big East.
  — Joe Arruda, Hartford Courant, 12 Jan. 2023
• And to stand or sit there and take the heat, publicly, is to contend with those criticisms.
  — Tara Isabella Burton, Vox, 30 Apr. 2018
• Woods has contended a few times in his nine events this year.
  — Joe Juliano, Philly.com, 12 June 2018

Last Updated: 10 Dec 2024