Sentence examples for failed rivalry from inspiring English sources

While a small circle of his friends talked about his wit, perseverance and inspiration, in popular memory he was a "sickly man of weak character", egocentric, bitter due to his failed rivalry with Mickiewicz.

For many financial watchdogs off Wall Street, of course, such intra-Too-Big-To-Fail rivalries are unimportant.

Even the Anglo-Dutch wars provoked by commercial rivalry failed to interrupt this intellectual exchange, though there were some disagreeable quarrels over priority of discovery, such as Christiaan Huygens's argument with the English scientist Robert Hooke over precision time-keepers.

Twice, fighting broke out as old rivalries failed to be subdued by the new enemy – Islam.

The communists, Taliban, and Mujahedeen regimes all failed due to rivalries between regional powers.

Failed Reconciliation The Iranian rivalry frequently plays out in the Shiite holy city of Najaf, where Iraq's religious authorities are based.

The bond between two brothers becomes irretrievably twisted in "Lovers of Hate," an unusually perceptive examination of fraternal rivalry and failed ambition.

It was Congress-Samajwadi rivalry that failed to extend the last parliament: Mr Yadav refused to back a minority Congress government.The outcome of the election will depend in part on when it is held.

Yet the booming trade has failed to subdue their rivalry.

It's a shame that similar rivalries have failed to materialise in the sprint events but this one is really exciting.

This was the only regional rivalry interleague play failed to produce in its first four years.