Sentence examples for object of rivalry from inspiring English sources

Over the centuries, Georgia was the object of rivalry between Persia, Turkey and Russia, before being eventually annexed by Russia in the 19th century.

The town was long an object of papal-imperial rivalry, particularly after it became an independent commune in the 12th century.

Ms. Russell was 19 and working in a doctor's office when Howard Hughes, returning to movie production after his aviation successes, cast her as the tempestuous Rio McDonald, the object of a romantic rivalry between Doc Holliday and Billy the Kid, in "The Outlaw," which he directed.

Kyrgyzstan's location in the southern reaches of the former Soviet Union and on China's mountainous western border has made it the object of a lively strategic rivalry.

"Mangos are objects of envy, love, rivalry as well as a new status symbol for India's new rich," Jim Yardley writes in The New York Times on Tuesday.

Describes picnic paraphernalia and atmosphere of rivalry.

The partnership evolved out of rivalry.

It's that sort of rivalry.

Moreover such flag waving is born of rivalry between nations.

Yet the sense of rivalry  between these two is acute.

Properly handled, interdependence could smooth the rougher edges of rivalry.