Sentence examples for contested personally from inspiring English sources
According to unofficial results, Mr. Khan won at least two of the seats he contested personally (he will be allowed to hold on to only one), including one in the regional capital Peshawar, despite spending election day in a hospital bed, recovering from injuries he sustained in a fall from the edge of a stage at a rally earlier this week.
Namur was purchased in 1421; Hainaut fell to Burgundian arms in 1427; the rich duchy of Brabant was taken over in 1430; and the combined counties of Holland and Zeeland were conquered in a long series of personally led and bitterly contested campaigns between 1424 and 1433.
Having personally signed the document banning opposition parties, he was expelled from the PNL in April 1938, and contested the legitimacy of the action for the following years.
Seven years later, he personally chose her to succeed him as the Workers Partyy presidential candidate, despite the fact she had never contested an election.
Everything else was contested.
"They contested every shot.
The elections were not contested.
Angry creditors contested his will.
Borghese Inc. contested the trademark.
In most contested cases, nothing.
