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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?"
"A testy Alex Trebek lashes out at contestants for not knowing the year New Amsterdam became New York."
The Braves and Yankees resemble the Democrats and Republicans in one more important way: In this World Series, as in most American elections, too little separates the contestants.
All contestants went through the rotation in my bathroom.
Since that is his criterion for excellence in government, I hope he will remember to review the résumés of drug dealers, lotto winners, sitcom stars, and successful contestants from Who Wants To Be a Millionaire?