Sentence examples for escalated contests from inspiring English sources

Males with large weaponry may also be able to impose more damage on rivals during escalated contests.

Contests between males proceed through a highly stereotyped series of aggressive behaviours, with the most escalated contests ending with males head-butting each other and grappling with their mouthparts [36].

In lizards, head size is associated with bite force, which influences the outcome of escalated contests [63], [64].

However, the outcome of escalated contests, which are likely to be more frequent in staged encounters than in nature, may be largely determined by head size and associated bite force.

Another key difference between our study and that of Briffa's [44] is the relative rarity in A. domesticus of escalated contests in which males grappled – a much more common occurrence in G. pennsylvanicus (this study, K. A. Judge, pers. obs., see also [70]).

Both of these factors are expected to influence male motivation to escalate contests rather than their ability to win contests.

Many of Mr. Pawlenty's contributors and supporters had been waiting for a signal from him in the escalating contest between Mr. Romney and Mr. Perry.

Even if religion is not the main cause of conflict, nothing keeps conflict on the boil like a dose of fiery religious rhetoric.Something similar goes for the escalating contest across the greater Middle East, and Muslim world generally, between Sunnis and Shias.

Longitudinal case study data is presented, showing contradiction and escalating contest between ethics-orientated and rules-based systems in a high-commitment mental health setting, triggering a crisis and organisational closure.

The week escalated the contest of estranged marriages.

The cables show that for several years, as Georgia entered an escalating contest with the Kremlin for the future of Abkhazia and South Ossetia, two breakaway enclaves out of Georgian control that received Russian support, Washington relied heavily on the Saakashvili government's accounts of its own behavior.