Sentence examples for normally contending from inspiring English sources
When speaking this week to colleagues in Texas on the brutal drought gripping the South and estimated 60 million dying or dead trees in the seven counties surrounding Houston -- a city normally contending with deluge, not drought -- I was struck by the fact that neither the state nor the feds have any plans currently in place to deal with climate disruption.
Listeners to the BBC World Service find digital radio a boon, compared to the hissy short-wave reception they normally contend with.
I personally think it is linked to the symmetry of our own bodies and that of most of the animals and plants we normally contend with.
Designing away pungent, age-old smells is not something architects normally have to contend with, but the stench on the lower level was omnipresent, recalled Ilene Steingut, an American architect on the team.
"Excrement, the stench of urine, used needles and condoms, dead rats... that's what I normally expect to contend with," she laughs.
Many New York hospitals are also contending with yet another new influx of patients who normally would have sought care at nearby hospitals that have closed, merged with other hospitals or will soon close.
People who don't have the capacity to apologise, she contends, are normally people who never saw their parents apologise, and grew up in an environment that relied on shame rather than guilt.
How is she contending the order?
All are top players for contending teams.
Contending for the title seems premature.
