Sentence examples similar to and trying to contend from inspiring English sources

"There are a lot of great individual basketball players that I would love to be alongside of and try to contend for an N.B.A. championship," James said then.

"There's a lot of great individual basketball players that I would love to be alongside of and try to contend for an N.B.A. championship," James said after the game.

He was a nervous twenty-five-year-old migrant from Fujian Province who had learned the basics of the jianbing business and was trying to contend in the competitive business of breakfast crepes.

Read "Mexican Soldiers Kill a Kidnapping Victim, Then Label Him a Cartel Hitman to Cover it Up".

"I think that Albert's rare balance of ambition and humility should be viewed as a positive model for present and future industry leaders trying to contend with the double edged sword of celebrity chef stardom".

But, more and more, we see artists trying to contend with images that already exist, either in archives or on the Internet — taking those images and transforming them in some way, or re-contextualizing or re-staging them.

"The wind's up, it's a fantastic weather forecast we have - there's not a cloud in the sky - personally I'm looking forward to trying to contend and compete," Montgomerie added.

The number of nodes trying to contend is equally distributed between medical-and non-medical-oriented nodes.

It tells the story of a nation trying to contend for its survival in a hostile world and trying to explain the fact of suffering with reference to the only thing they thought could explain it: the will of Yahweh.

"You keep trying to contend the nomination is over tonight!" McAuliffe replied loudly and happily, pointing and waving his arms.

Joey and Rachel try to contend with Ross' feelings about them being together and decide it would be best to remain friends.