Words similar to contentions

Example sentences for: contentions

How can you use “contentions” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

Prodded by parents warning of lethal allergies, by the contentions of some researchers that peanut allergies are on the rise and, not least, by a fear of litigation, growing numbers of public and private schools across the country, including many of New York City's most selective independent schools, have banned peanut butter from their cafeterias.
Yet the author proceeded to give recent examples of disinterest (impartiality, fairness, dispassion, neutrality, unbiasedness) in action--proving that behavior can continue to exist unaltered even if our words for it change, and disproving the writer's own contentions.
Everyone agrees the decision puts a rude end to Clinton's second honeymoon, though most accounts cited the coverage rather than the facts of Jones' contentions as the main problem.
Some Indians already resent suggestions they are descended from ancient Asians--such contentions fly in the face of their creation myths.