Example sentences for: contested

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

  • It’s true of Washington, of Brasília, of Canberra, and even more so in Canada where the very idea of a centralized federal government is so hotly contested by its independent-minded provinces.

  • Because that determination was not contested here, the Court in the exercise of its discretion and prudential judgment declines to address it.

  • Paternity remains contested: Some credit Dallas Cowboy Emmitt Smith with the first Roof-Raising, in the 1996 Super Bowl.

  • Rather, the Thernstroms shift attention to liberals who criticized these actions but didn't themselves live in the contested neighborhoods.

  • USAT also front-pages the item, and says Saddam's 47 palaces form the bulk of the contested sites.


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