Sentence examples for contests are held from inspiring English sources

Fairs, festivals, and "kite-fighting" contests are held in the parks.

Fiddling is another long-standing Texas musical tradition, and fiddle contests are held across the state.

Fiddling contests are held and a mariachi band enlivens the popular Mexican Rodeo Extravaganza.Apart from a pungent smell every January, the fair generates $80m for the local economy.

In the Philippines, where debating contests are held in verse, in the Tagalog language, the principle of the rhyme seems different from anything in Europe, so that the last syllable of one line rhymes with the penultimate of the next.

"I don't think we can change Washington if you've been part of the culture of Washington," Mr. Romney said, speaking to an audience in Atlanta, where he arrived on Wednesday to begin winning over voters for Super Tuesday on March 6, when 11 contests are held.

During the Starkbierzeit (the springtime 'strong beer season'), the famous stone-lifting contests are held here.

Dramatic contests were held there, too, before the construction of a separate theatre.

These contests were held before assemblies of ladies that called themselves courts of love.

Contests were held outdoors, which added the challenge of intense heat and bright sunlight to the fight.

Similar contests were held by Macfadden in 1921 and 1922, with Charles Atlas the winner both times.

The Eleusinia, which included games and contests, was held every two years, probably in the month of Metageitnion (August September).