Sentence examples for could contend with from inspiring English sources

This was my fear now for Spalding — that he was being drawn toward death by powers that neither he nor I nor any of us could contend with.

The world championships proved to Lochte that he could contend with the best swimmers in the world when the events were aligned right, which they were not here.

But what preceded them was a set that could contend with Mr. Morris's for performance-as-experience: the guitarist Nels Cline and the Los Angeles painter Norton Wisdom, in an improvised duet.

When the Knicks selected Williams out of Illinois with the 25th pick of this year's draft, Coach Don Chaney immediately declared that he could contend with Charlie Ward and Howard Eisley for the starting point-guard job.

Added to his financial worries, Méliès had the pressure of creating a followup that could contend with Voyage's indelible image of a rocket spearing the eye of the man in the moon.

OUTLOOK -- If the defense can play as well as it did last season, and Bledsoe can return to something close to his normal form, the Bills could contend with the Dolphins and the Jets for second place.

The Mariners believe they could contend soon with Pineda and Felix Hernandez, last season's American League Cy Young Award winner, anchoring their rotation.

England could contend only with what was in front of them and, aware that Pakistan have made a habit of defending all manner of targets (they had won 11 of 13 matches batting first, 21 from 28 in all), they set out to nuzzle them.

Falcons General Manager Thomas Dimitroff, attempting to tamp down unreasonable expectations for Ryan, was quoted recently saying teams could contend for the Super Bowl with quarterbacks "on very valid levels below that elite level".

It appears that Soriano will still be with the team after the July 31 trade deadline, and if that happens, then he could contend for a starting job with the Yankees next year, either at second base (if Knoblauch is shifted to designated hitter) or in the outfield.

Shooting guard Allan Houston, who hopes to return from knee surgery next week, said he thought the Knicks could contend in the East, more so with Mutombo.