Sentence examples for contend all from inspiring English sources

I don't know if the Rays will contend all season, but no one would be surprised to see them win half their games.

Based on relevant court decisions and scientific evidence, they contend, all advertising directed at children under 12 meets the legal definition of "inherently misleading," and therefore can be regulated by government.

DreamWorks SKG and Mark Burnett Productions, the producers of "The Contender" on NBC, have contended all summer that Fox stole their idea for a boxing reality show after being outbid for the show.

But by 1800, he contended, all that had changed.

The Orioles have contended all season in the American League East, mostly with players acquired under his predecessor, Andy MacPhail.

precedent and assert what administrators have contended all along: that T.A.'s are not employees after all but professors-in-training with no need for a union.

The polished view of the monarchy on display today had been contending all week with less exalted aspects reflected in political disputes, score-settling and public indifference.

The trial of the San Quentin Six became a political spectacle, and the 25-pound chains that Spain was forced to wear in court each day, his lawyers contended, all but sealed his fate in the jury's eyes.

This seemed odd to me, as Sir David King - the former chief scientist and one of the other panellists – had placed population at the centre of his diagram of environmental problems, from which, he contended, all others flowed.

But if, as this play contends, all life is nothing but passing time that would have passed anyway, I can think of few more invigorating ways of both doing and acknowledging exactly that.

MBIA has contended all along that it has ample ability to pay claims, and that the capital was raised not to pay claims but to support a triple-A rating.