Sentence examples for contested was from inspiring English sources

Inis Oirr, they contested, was the real Craggy Island.

What they apparently contested was songwriting credit, a common source of tension in bands, and one that Wareham describes well.

The most closely contested was in 1976, after Gerald Ford, the incumbent Republican president, and his challenger, Ronald Reagan, finished the primaries in early June dead even.

Its haul of only 28 seats, out of 403 contested, was a particular defeat for Rahul Gandhi, the Congress scion who had campaigned hard there.

After all, the last time these councils were contested was in 2008, when a beleaguered Gordon Brown led a foundering national Labour government.

"Each and every seat in this chamber that was contested was hotly contested, and the public elected the majority," he said.

Similarly contested is the ritual's origin.

The oldest bridge event still being contested is the Goldman Pairs.

The oldest bridge event in the world still being contested is the Goldman Pairs.

And his decisions, which are often contested, are likely to face more open challenges.

But where the next cup will be contested is very much up in the air.