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Example sentences for: contestants

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

His attempts to daunt contestants are more genial than ominous (although "Is that your final answer?"
His job is to make the contestants sweat, but he's no good at it.
What did the contestants have to do?
If the former, then all the contestants have missed the boat on the second event.
Contestants painted a new portrait of Jesus.