Sentence examples for a hotly contested affair from inspiring English sources

The election in 1860 for the position of Boden Professor of Sanskrit at the University of Oxford was a hotly contested affair between two rival candidates offering different approaches to Sanskrit scholarship.

It was an incredibly tense and hotly contested affair, played in the rain on a badly deteriorating pitch.

Since the beginning of the Republic, judicial nominations to the Supreme Court have often been hotly contested affairs.

The social function of art is a hotly contested bit of liberal idealism.

THE SINGLE DUMBEST THING WRITTEN ABOUT POLITICS, 2012 EDITION: It was a hotly contested race this year.

The episode is a hotly contested one.

Nonetheless, after a hotly contested recount, Spitzer won.

Just how immutable homosexuality is remains a hotly contested question.

The measure comes during a hotly contested election campaign season.

This social problem is a hotly contested issue.

Admittedly it's not a hotly contested title.