How to Use compete in a Sentence

compete

verb

• Thousands of applicants are competing for the same job.
• She competed against students from around the country.
• We are competing with companies that are twice our size.
• Did you compete in the track meet on Saturday?
• The radio and the television were both on, competing for our attention.
• Louisville track and field is among the teams scheduled to compete.
  — Brooks Warren, The Courier-Journal, 14 Jan. 2024
• The Huskies have a good chance to compete in every game from here on out.
  — Joe Arruda, Hartford Courant, 2 Oct. 2022
• To compete against him & to work with him was a blessing in my life.
  — Gary Bedore, Kansas City Star, 27 May 2024
• Teams no longer compete in eight groups of four during the group stages.
  — Ben Church, CNN, 2 Oct. 2024
• Bunny competes, among others, for Artist of the Year, Global 200 artist of the year, and tour of the year.
  — Sigal Ratner-Arias, Billboard, 12 Sep. 2024
• Like Harris, Lester can compete for time on the court right away.
  — Alexis Cubit, The Courier-Journal, 4 Nov. 2022
• The field will start with 132 golfers who will compete in a stroke-play format over two days.
  — Loren Holmes, Anchorage Daily News, 29 July 2022
• But solid might not be enough to compete for the title.
  — Jon Wilner, The Mercury News, 1 Mar. 2024
• Stop by the Alaska State Fairgrounds to compete in the games or to spectate.
  — Naomi Stock, Anchorage Daily News, 23 June 2022
• But adding players to compete on the field is only part of the equation.
  — oregonlive, 4 Apr. 2023
• For weeks, for months, for over a year How could your freedom compete with our fear?
  — Pat Myers, Washington Post, 3 Nov. 2022
• Players compete for points in the Mario world spread across a giant screen.
  — Asuka Kawanabe, WIRED, 21 Aug. 2024
• This one competes head-to-head with Intel's 10th gen i9.
  — Shubham Yewale, PCMAG, 30 Apr. 2024
• As a group of the court, our job is to go out there and compete and win and play and improve on a nightly basis.
  — Duane Rankin, The Arizona Republic, 8 Feb. 2023
• The winners of the semifinal games will compete for gold.
  — Kristian Winfield, New York Daily News, 26 July 2024
• Speaking of gap-closing, the Cards expect to field a team good enough to at least compete with the Cats this fall.
  — Brett Dawson, The Courier-Journal, 31 Aug. 2022
• The 1915 Derby was won by Regret, who did not compete in the Preakness.
  — Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 17 May 2022
• Both Tania and Nyaundi will be in Boston to watch Obiri compete.
  — Scott Cacciola, New York Times, 16 Apr. 2023
• Archers compete to win each stage and to qualify for the World Cup Final.
  — Natalie Krebs, Outdoor Life, 7 Feb. 2024
• Chiles, who was waiting at the end of the vault runway to compete, jumped in the air and pulled the freshman into a tight embrace.
  — Thuc Nhi Nguyen, Los Angeles Times, 1 Apr. 2023
• Each three-member team paid a $3,500 entry fee to compete in the bee, which was held in-person for the first time in two years.
  — Breanne Kovatch, BostonGlobe.com, 1 Apr. 2023
• Whether none, some, or all are out at Arizona State, Smith believes the Beavers will compete well.
  — oregonlive, 14 Nov. 2022
• Great for when friends come over or for siblings who love to compete, anywhere.
  — Amy Joyce, Washington Post, 4 Dec. 2023
• The 60-year-old had previously competed in the same race four years prior, but didn’t finish it, according to the New York Post.
  — Escher Walcott, People.com, 12 July 2025
• China’s e-commerce players have consistently competed on delivery times, supported by the country’s large labor force and gig economy.
  — Dylan Butts,evelyn Cheng, CNBC, 11 July 2025