How to Use pit against in a Sentence

pit against

phrasal verb

• The guilds are wary of being pitted against each other.
  — Gene Maddaus, Variety, 13 Oct. 2023
• But in each case, these concerns were pitted against the views of those who accept the IAEA assessment.
  — Lillian Yang, Washington Post, 29 Aug. 2023
• But Beckenbauer’s team was pitted against 1860’s youth side in the final.
  — CiarÁn Fahey, USA TODAY, 9 Jan. 2024
• Since then, the two icons have been constantly pitted against each other.
  — Goldie Chan, Forbes, 16 Feb. 2024
• In the battle round, two contestants on the same team are pitted against each other and their coach determines who sang the song best.
  — Daniela Avila, Peoplemag, 21 Oct. 2023
• Will Johnson for Michigan has been pitted against some of the top receivers in the country, and this game will be no exception.
  — Kevin Skiver, Detroit Free Press, 8 Jan. 2024
• In the early aughts, the up-and-coming starlets were pitted against each other in the media, often portrayed as rivals.
  — TIME, 20 Oct. 2023
• At nearly every open house, I was pitted against New Yorkers who, like me, had decamped from Brooklyn in search of sunlight and a place to park their cars.
  — Zoë Bernard, Los Angeles Times, 2 May 2023
• That track, which delighted fans in its union of two artists (Carey and Grande) that have been unfairly pit against each other in the past, came complete with a glitzy music video.
  — Mitchell Peters, Billboard, 18 Feb. 2024
• At nearly every open house, she was pitted against New Yorkers who, like her, had decamped from Brooklyn in search of sunlight and a place to park their cars.
  — Elvia Limón, Los Angeles Times, 3 May 2023
• How about two legendary movie monsters pitted against each other?
  — Johnny Loftus, EW.com, 14 Nov. 2023
• The show was frequently pitted against The Wire, which seems like an oblong comparison.
  — Andre Gee, Rolling Stone, 20 Apr. 2023
• The victims had the bad luck of being pitted against Leasure’s friends in acrimonious divorces.
  — Christopher Goffard, Los Angeles Times, 15 May 2024
• Those two leagues are often pitted against one another.
  — Andy Greder, Twin Cities, 11 Jan. 2024
• The Colts have given him first-team snaps right out of the gate, and when the team convenes at Grand Park for training camp, the rookie will be pitted against the veteran in a competition to start the season opener.
  — Indystar Sports, The Indianapolis Star, 13 June 2023
• The latest coup in 2013, which saw Christian and Muslim militias pitted against each other, was organized by Séléka, a coalition of rebel groups.
  — Gabe Joselow, NBC news, 1 June 2023
• Some of this, two sources close to the production say, was due to the inherent premise of the show, which involved children being pitted against each other in a competitive setting.
  — Ej Dickson, Rolling Stone, 13 Feb. 2024
• Like some other hopeful hosts, Cool Murphy was pitted against her own neighbors to compete for a lucrative short-term rental license.
  — Amanda Hoover, WIRED, 21 Nov. 2023
• Perhaps just as dangerous is the potential for division within the armed services as military brass are pitted against the rank and file.
  — Theo Milonopoulos, Foreign Affairs, 12 Oct. 2023
• As such, the public must be instructed on how to vote, making for several amusing scenes in which neighbors who once got along are pitted against one another.
  — Peter Debruge, Variety, 7 Oct. 2023
• Bajpayee plays the prosecuting lawyer who is pitted against a phalanx of celebrity lawyers.
  — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 23 May 2023
• Things get particularly meta during one showdown in a saloon, in which our hero is pitted against … another good guy.
  — Jordan Hoffman, Vulture, 4 Mar. 2024
• It was advertised as two huge swimming giants, local sweetheart Rebecca and rising star Lotte, pitted against each other in lanes four and five.
  — SELF, 11 June 2024
• This raises the possibility that young men from a poor Himalayan nation with no stake in the war could be pitted against one another in the trenches of Ukraine, an unsettling prospect raising alarm back home.
  — Jeffrey Gettleman, New York Times, 20 Oct. 2023
• Who would have thought one of Putin's closest allies, a former convict and Kremlin caterer, would eventually be pitted against the Russian leader.
  — CBS News, 25 June 2023
• Though the pair was often pitted against each other and portrayed by the media as rivals during their pop heyday, Simpson has openly supported Spears in recent years.
  — Erin Clack, Peoplemag, 15 Oct. 2023
• With that pitted against an occupant-free weight of around 1200 pounds, acceleration will likely be leisurely.
  — Mike Duff, Car and Driver, 17 Aug. 2023
• With forms propped or pitted against one another, Baghramian’s compositions subtly convey some of the unease and dread that permeate our time.
  — Roberta Smith, New York Times, 14 Sep. 2023
• The flavors, which were carefully chosen based on the many requests that Blue Bell receives every day, are pitted against one another in rounds to see which scoop reigns supreme and deserves another shot on freezer shelves.
  — Abigail Wilt, Southern Living, 25 June 2024
• So historically, [women climbers have] been pitted against each other for competition and to surpass each other.
  — Faith Cummings, Condé Nast Traveler, 1 July 2024

Last Updated: 18 Sep 2024