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Example sentences for: contends

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Biographer Robert D. Richardson Jr. contends that by literally confronting death (ghoulish as it seems), Emerson was able to pull out of his funk and get back to the business of becoming a great American philosopher.
A related article contends that a $300 billion settlement could improve tobacco companies' finances by cutting legal fees and eliminating future liability.
And he contends that gotten is one of the hallmarks of American speech.
Also, more Madeleine Albright hoopla, this time about her Jewish ancestry: A long article contends that family secrets usually do more harm than good ("lies beget other lies").
Dominic, a director of exploitative films and television, contends that the theater is a dead form.