Sentence examples for try to contend from inspiring English sources

That's the simple truth – and to try to contend otherwise is immoral, Representative Ryan.

The institutions also will try to contend that they were fooled – a tricky argument for a large and prolific investor.

"There are a lot of great individual basketball players that I would love to be alongside of and try to contend for an N.B.A. championship," James said then.

"There's a lot of great individual basketball players that I would love to be alongside of and try to contend for an N.B.A. championship," James said after the game.

With British Retail Consortium (BRC) figures showing that one in nine high street shops stand empty, there are fears that specialist retailers such as Jessops are facing unprecedented challenges as they try to contend with online competitors and increasingly squeezed consumers.

In this paper and for all scenarios, we assume that a coexistence between nodes, belonging to different orientations, try to contend to the same time slot in the contention access period (CAP).

"You keep trying to contend the nomination is over tonight!" McAuliffe replied loudly and happily, pointing and waving his arms.

Then again, ninth-inning bruises tend to sting more than others, particularly for a team trying to contend.

It's easy to throw rocks at a magazine — any magazine — as it tries to contend with overwhelmed readers, digital competition and a fractured culture.

But, more and more, we see artists trying to contend with images that already exist, either in archives or on the Internet taking those images and transforming them in some way, or re-contextualizing or re-staging them.

But, more and more, we see artists trying to contend with images that already exist, either in archives or on the Internet — taking those images and transforming them in some way, or re-contextualizing or re-staging them.