Sentence examples for attempt to rival from inspiring English sources

One of Facebook's most senior executives has been hired to spearhead Britain's attempt to rival Silicon Valley.

These changes in agricultural methods demanded a different irrigation system that could not attempt to rival the scale of the Dry Zone schemes.

A supervillain match-up movie featuring the Joker, Deadshot, Boomerang et al, as part of DC Comics' belated attempt to rival Marvel's "extended universe" blockbusters.

He is otherwise best known for the lumpish statue of Hercules and Cacus that still stands outside the Palazzo, a desperate and failed attempt to rival the greatness of his nemesis.

Juan de Mena's vast allegorical poem dramatizing history past, present, and future (El laberinto de fortuna, 1444; "The Labyrinth of Fortune"), a more conscious attempt to rival Dante, suffers from pedantry and over-Latinization of syntax and vocabulary.

A photo posted by Alex (@fuflexx) on Jul 8, 2015 at 9 57am PDT Others were just as quick to have fun mocking United Russia's attempt to rival the rainbow flag.

The builders of New York's great museum were imitating the V&A: they were attempting to rival the rich collections and grand architecture of this amazing museum of everything.

Having had an offer of his own rejected, Sale Sharks owner Kennedy has joined forces with the Blue Knights' attempts to rival Miller's bid.

James Clapper, the head of US intelligence, warned in February of slipping into a "Cold War-like spiral" – blaming Russia's "paranoia" about NATO and saying its attempts to rival American military and geopolitical power was driving aggression.

That was broadly seen as an attempt to match rival Samsung Electronics <005930.KS> with its large-screen Galaxy phones.

It is balanced in the sense that it is not an opening bid – so the White House insists, and I hope they mean it – but a genuine attempt to reconcile rival interests in the national interest.