Sentence examples for intense rival from inspiring English sources

The die-hards seem not to care, either sloughing through the traffic on busy thoroughfares or duking it out with an equally intense rival: distance, which pits riders against fatigue and travel time.

On the stand, Mrs. Sandusky saw no evil, heard no evil and spoke only a little evil — against the cherubic-looking boy, now a tightly coiled 28-year-old, who was the most intense rival for her husband's attentions 15 years ago, getting what he called "creepy love letters" from his predatory "father figure".

We were very much intense rivals.

Mr. Carter and Mr. Kennedy were among the most intense rivals of their generation.

Though the country's clans are intense rivals, Somalia has few differences of ethnicity, language or religion and is among the most homogeneous places in Africa.

But it has never happened quite like this, with such intense rivals making the deal and the primary figure such a notorious character.

Soon after that, her sister began writing her own column, using the name Abigail Van Buren and titling the column Dear Abby, and the two became intense rivals and stopped speaking to each other.

But for the most part the two are intense rivals, both seeking votes from the Protestant community, which means it cannot be taken for granted that they will act as a united team of 10.

Monica Seles and Jennifer Capriati, intense rivals who endured great suffering during bittersweet careers, for years of inactivity couldn't publicly admit they were done while dealing with an eating disorder (Seles) and depression (Capriati).

This was the kind of performance we expected of Brazil, the kind of performance that many hope they will give against Australia in Munich this evening, perhaps awakened from their lethargy by the excellence of their most intense rivals.

The brothers were intense rivals, said Kenneth M. Pollack, the author of a book about Iraq, "The Threatening Storm," and the director of research at the Saban Center at the Brookings Institution, in Washington.