Sentence examples for contested during the from inspiring English sources

Its possession was contested during the Wars of Religion.

It was also contested during the Portuguese-Castilian wars.

Its geography was hotly contested during the Anglo-Portuguese transfer in the 1660s.

They were contested during the 10-day Olympic trials that ended Sunday.

The region was heavily contested during the second civil war with Sudan, which began in 1983.

Remember the "direction of travel" that was so hotly contested during the passage of the 2006 Education and Inspections Act?

Control of the wealthy coastal kingdom was bitterly contested during Ascall's floruit, with members of his immediate family, as well as Islesmen and Irishmen, all securing power for brief periods of time.

The men in the Apache helicopter in the video flew into an area that was being contested, during a broader conflict in which a number of helicopters had been shot down.

Other pan-Germanist parties that contested elections during the first decade of the 20th century include the German People's Party and the German Radical Party.

I suggest moving some of the sports that are contested indoors during the Summer Games, like judo, basketball and fencing, to the Winter Games.

A younger radical generation now raised the demand for the supremacy of Finnish, and the language controversy was a bitterly contested issue during the interwar period.