Sentence examples for bid vigorously from inspiring English sources

But Mr. Littlejohn said the company would not make the amounts public because that would "remove the incentive" for manufacturers to bid vigorously to offer discounts.

With a half share in the letter, the Salk Institute now presumably has a lively interest in encouraging any wealthy collectors among its donors to bid vigorously at the auction.

North-South reached four spades after East-West had bid diamonds vigorously.

Both bids were vigorously rebuffed by the chief executive at the time, Paul White, and his board.

Versace was South and arrived in five diamonds after his opponents had crowded the auction by bidding spades vigorously.

"You wonder how high is this going?" she continued, adding that she thought that two other parties were vigorously bidding against the museum.

In the fall of 2002, Continental vigorously opposed United Airlines' bid for a federal bailout package.

The University of Miami, which vigorously pursued a bid to join the Atlantic Coast Conference and finally received a formal invitation on Wednesday, is now considering a proposal to remain with the Big East.

Bidding for the scene of some rural buildings near her native town of Borja started vigorously, with nine bids over the first four hours pushing the price up from a starting €300 (£240) to more than €400.

To further erode West Papuan identity and culture, Islam is being vigorously promoted in a bid to overturn the dominance of Christian and animist beliefs among the West Papuans.

He campaigned vigorously for Senator Henry Jackson's ill-fated presidential bid in 1976; when that bid failed, Moynihan put himself into the race for U.S. senator in New York.