Example sentences for: rivalry

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

  • In its pages can be found linguistic traces of the former rivalry between Boer and Briton, the naming practices of the Khoi and San (Hottentot and Bushman in former terms), racial conflict (derogatory terms like Boer, Kaffir, and Hottentot each have more than a page devoted to them), the political discourse of the apartheid regime, and the counter-discourse of the resistance movements.

  • The Kamakura shogunate was founded late in the 12th century after a long and bloody rivalry between two noble factions over control of the imperial court.

  • USAT says that according to the NEA, the rivalry between the unions cost $100 million between 1973 and 1992.

  • Their rivalry dissolves, of course, when Sarandon is diagnosed with terminal cancer.

  • The Matisse-Picasso rivalry is more than just the great artistic competition of the 20 th century.


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