Sentence examples for strong contend from inspiring English sources

Some philosophers, conceding that the claimed incompatibility in the foregoing argument is too strong, contend, nevertheless, that even if the existence of God and the existence of evil should prove to be compatible, the existence (or duration, or amount, or pervasiveness) of evil provides us at the very least with compelling circumstantial evidence that God does not exist.

That is a boxer's boast, meaning that the world's 10th-biggest nation, 100 million strong, will contend with the globe's heavyweights, matching strengths and wits in the arenas of foreign policy, free trade and international investment.

10-12 to move into strong position to contend for his first Champions Tour win at the year's opening major.

Pancakes make the ideal conduit ​for beer, as there are no other strong flavours to contend with.

If they are not feeling strong enough to contend at the Olympic trials, they may resort to a support role.

We're out in the channel now and near the rocky headlands, the peaks are four feet high, there's backwash and strong currents to contend with.

Stuart Taylor notes, "Some conservatives have assailed her as a hard-left judicial culture warrior whose passion for abortion rights is so strong that (they contend) she has disregarded Supreme Court precedents; and whose writings suggest that she might indeed strip 'under God' from the Pledge of Allegiance and make same-sex marriage a constitutional right".

B&N's line of e-readers are right up there with Kindle series, but its Nook Tablets have plenty of strong rivals to contend with and a lower price tag couldn't hurt.

He had stronger opposition to contend with when Brazil played France in Stockholm in the semi-final.

In the mid-1950's country music needed a strong dance rhythm to contend with the force of rockabilly.

The Mariners had hoped to use a strong pitching staff to contend this season, and Lee did his part, going 8-3 with a 2.34 E.R.A., with 89 strikeouts and just six walks.