How to Use competitive in a Sentence

competitive

adjective

• You need a degree to be competitive in today's job market.
• She is a very competitive player.
• The price of gas must be competitive.
  — Lucas Robinson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 May 2026
• The love for the game, competitive drive, and even bat control stuck with him.
  — Maddie Lee, Los Angeles Times, 10 July 2026
• The first is whether the tech has a competitive charge-decharge lifespan.
  — Christopher McFadden, Interesting Engineering, 1 Mar. 2026
• Democrats should be competitive as is.
  — Washington Examiner Staff, The Washington Examiner, 4 Nov. 2025
• The third is the nature of their competitive moat.
  — Ethan Stone, USA Today, 29 May 2026
• This is the competitive edge hiding in plain sight.
  — Mary Hemphill, Forbes.com, 28 May 2026
• Then there were a couple years of not being competitive with the big two.
  — Eric Sondheimer, Los Angeles Times, 28 Aug. 2022
• Hip-Hop is a very competitive sport.
  — Preezy Brown, VIBE.com, 26 June 2026
• Some losing teams are still competitive in at least one aspect of their game.
  — Julia Poe, chicagotribune.com, 10 Mar. 2022
• The plan was for the pair to hit the competitive horse riding circuit.
  — Galina Espinoza, Flow Space, 8 Oct. 2025
• Those tracks have now spent 276 weeks apiece on the competitive list.
  — Hugh McIntyre, Forbes.com, 17 Sep. 2025
• And to stay competitive, space data centers would need to do much of the same.
  — Geoff Brumfiel, NPR, 3 Apr. 2026
• The ship sailed long ago on the Fever being competitive this year.
  — Wilson Moore, The Indianapolis Star, 13 Aug. 2022
• Trading him now would give them young prospects to remain competitive for years to come.
  — Aaliyan Mohammed, MSNBC Newsweek, 19 May 2025
• As a result, brands tend to pull out their most competitive offers around this time.
  — Abigail Bailey, Good Housekeeping, 22 Dec. 2022
• Here’s a guess that both players will laugh it off and bond over their competitive spirit.
  — Mark Medina, Forbes.com, 2 July 2026
• The Kings have had competitive rosters and are a chore to play against on most nights.
  — Eric Stephens, New York Times, 1 Oct. 2025
• And of course, beauty is a competitive space.
  — Fortune Editors, Fortune, 5 Nov. 2025
• Three of the competitive seats are held by incumbents, while eight races are wide open.
  — Jon Regardie, Los Angeles Times, 1 May 2026
• They’re forced to decide if there is room for love in their fiercely competitive world.
  — Katie Campione, Deadline, 9 Feb. 2026
• With a competitive retail price, these shorts are a great value, too.
  — Kevin Brouillard, Travel + Leisure, 7 Aug. 2023
• The video games market is more competitive than it’s ever been.
  — Joshua Lamb, Forbes.com, 3 Sep. 2025
• All of the teams are super competitive.
  — Corey Masisak, Denver Post, 23 Feb. 2026
• Downtime on set was just as competitive.
  — Deirdre Durkan, PEOPLE, 10 Apr. 2026
• Bob showed up one day with Steve Bigler, who was one of the top competitive surfers at that time.
  — Corky Carroll, Oc Register, 28 Feb. 2026
• At the top of racing’s competitive tiers are graded stakes.
  — Neil Greenberg, New York Times, 1 May 2026
• However, their offense has the pieces in place to be competitive with any team in the league.
  — Chris Ilenstine, Chicago Tribune, 1 Jan. 2023
• In all four states, there are competitive races on both the state and federal level.
  — Aaron Navarro, CBS News, 13 July 2022