Sentence examples for contends what from inspiring English sources
These effects — the reddening of the sea, the darkening of the sky, the thriving of frogs and lice — were, he contends, what is meant by the notorious plagues of the Old Testament.
When we appreciate a painting, Lewis contends, what we contemplate is what this canvas could have in common with some reproduction of it, namely, "that qualitative and abstract essence which is here incorporated, and is theoretically repeatable in some other physical object" (1946, 477).
But Wogan contended: "What commentator wouldn't see the funny side of that?
After the opening statements, during which both sides are permitted to contend what they please, the judges will permit little leeway aside from what is relevant to each witness's testimony.
St Paul declared that "it is shameful for a woman to speak in church", while a 16th-century writer on rhetoric contended, "What becometh a woman best, and first of all: Silence".
Many detailed and vast research papers and draft legislation, contend what should be privacy best practice.
If the notion of mind-independent existence is incoherent, as anti-realists contend, what should we put in its stead?
"We have seen charters that work well, but we still contend what we said in the beginning.
A judge halted the programs from moving forward last week -- the administration has sought to overturn that decision -- amid a lawsuit from 26 states contending what Obama did was unconstitutional.
He also contends that what he has done is no different from what many in his industry do on a regular basis, underlining the fine line between good research and insider information.
In some of the biography's most compelling passages, Hodgson contends that what Moynihan was advocating was nothing more or less than what came to be known as affirmative action.
