Words similar to contestants

Example sentences for: contestants

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

Contestants would fight till "knockout, submission, doctor's intervention, or death."
"It will be held in the Maryland woods, and the telecast will consist of jittery footage of the contestants' slow descent into madness as they are systematically stalked and disappeared/disqualified by Bob Barker."
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.
"A testy Alex Trebek lashes out at contestants for not knowing the year New Amsterdam became New York."
Perhaps the pageant organizers could prune the readings from Ionesco and the madrigal recital, or they could finally stop forcing the contestants to defend their theses.