Sentence examples for fiercely contended from inspiring English sources

This strategy has proved successful, and subsequent Ryder Cup matches have been fiercely contended, with both teams exhibiting excellent play.

Cuts have diminished council planning departments to the point that, sometimes, only controversial or fiercely contended applications are truly scrutinised.

Such a description leaves hardly any doubt that in 15th-century Scotland the term golf primarily referred to a fiercely contended team game, and this accounts for its being banned in the acts of Parliament quoted above.

But Mr. Giuliani's advisers fiercely contend he is the true fiscal conservative in the race.

In fact, there are three camps that sometimes fiercely contend, and bloody wars have been fought simply to stake out a claim for truth.

Competition operates through both the supply and the demand sides of the market, with college admissions becoming more meritocratic even as the most desirable colleges choose to contend fiercely for top-tier students rather than accommodate rising numbers of qualified applicants.

"I got duped," she contended.

I contended with powerful men.

Oral sex is much contended.

So her partisans have contended.

As president, Mr. Bush's father had to contend with the fiercely partisan George J. Mitchell, the Senate leader, and a Democratic-led Congress in no mood to be courted.