Sentence examples for was contended for from inspiring English sources

An important centre in the Middle Ages, it was contended for by the Angevin dynasty (House of Anjou) and Aragonese and later passed to the Kingdom of Naples.

Casilinum was a strategic road junction and was contended for by the Carthaginian general Hannibal and the Romans from 216 to 211 bc, during the Second Punic War; it lost its importance to ancient Capua (now Santa Maria Capua Vetere), 3 miles (5 km) southeast.

In 1932, the Mann Cup, the most prestigious lacrosse trophy in Canada, was contended for under box lacrosse rules for the first time.

Yet Brown's far-reaching connections had assured him that Wallace would not disrupt his team, which was contending for the Eastern Conference crown.

Playing in 77 games for the 1945 Browns -- at a time when major league rosters were depleted because of players' wartime military service -- Gray batted only.218 on a team that was contending for the pennant.

In November, another software developer that was contending for the construction market, PlanGrid, was acquired by Autodesk in an $875 million transaction.

I met up with Ribas and his fighter Mauricio Sandoval before the late March omnibus, in which Sandoval was contending for the 114-pound title.

She pumped her fist, then slammed it twice in succession, a determination rarely seen when she was contending for majors nearly a decade ago as a teen prodigy.

The titles for the fastest, biggest, and longest coaster are contended for every year, with the latest crop of coasters trying to best the extremes of the previous record holders, often at increasing cost.

To see what precisely is being contended for in this argument one needs to appreciate the historical resonances of Wittgenstein's invocation of the notion of "substance".

The Indians were contending for the first time in decades.