Sentence examples for contending having from inspiring English sources

Denver, which already has talented young forwards in Nenê and Carmelo Anthony, is much closer to contending, having posted a 43-39 record and earned a playoff berth last season.

Davis, 52, was not expected to contend, having failed to reach the second round in the past three years.

The UN Secretariat, the writer contends, has thrown the key away.

Fairness, they contend, has made the economy more productive.

Modern man, it's possible to contend, has grown effete.

But several teams expected to contend have struggled.

Too many former generals, he contends, have occupied important foreign policy positions.

The government, it contends, has no business running an energy company.

Moreover, critics of reductionism, he contends, have focused on the wrong theories.

Challenging the system, Mr. Zhang contends, has been the key to China's economic success.

That, she contended, has to change if these places are to shed their fusty image.