Sentence examples for it was rival from inspiring English sources

The originality is to show that it was rival aspirations in central and eastern Europe that propelled Napoleon's advance into Russia and the Great Bear's retort.

He said there was no specific target, but that the shooters went to the park because it was rival gang territory.

From the latter half of the 19th century it was rivalled by the Gothic revival, whose champions, such as Augustus Pugin, remembering the origins of Palladianism in ancient temples, deemed it too pagan for Protestant and Anglo-Catholic worship.

In his case, it's rival schoolkid detective Corrina Corrina.

It is rival software firms that have the most to lose.

Rainbow Six Seige still remains smarter than it's rivals, but it has still had to dumb down a bit.

It is rivalled only by rock music as a forum for "acceptable" male admiration for one another.

As a symbol of socially useless power it is rivalled only by those investment bank products that Adair Turner drew attention to.

It is rivaled by an old-fashioned, homey strawberry shortcake, dense butterscotch pudding and two soda-fountain treats: a hot fudge sundae and a root beer float.

But, while Kahlo's adoration of the great muralist is evident, it's rivalled by the intensity with which she glances at Muray's camera — a portrait of a love triangle.

"Nokia's profitability is developing better than those of it's rivals.