How to Use contend in a Sentence

contend

verb

• These people contend that they have earned the right to the land.
• The team is expected to contend for the championship this year.
• Woods has contended a few times in his nine events this year.
  — Joe Juliano, Philly.com, 12 June 2018
• Now the world is contending with the worst oil shock in years.
  — Julia Horowitz, CNN, 16 Sep. 2019
• Some of the coach-less teams are eager to contend right away.
  — Peter Sblendorio, New York Daily News, 10 Jan. 2026
• But during the day, there were no such crowds to contend with.
  — New York Times, 29 May 2021
• The question is whether there would be enough to contend.
  — Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 6 June 2026
• Many came dressed in costumes, and all had to contend with new snow on the ground.
  — Anchorage Daily News, 28 Feb. 2021
• For much of the last decade, households around the world have had to contend with it.
  — Kaya Yurieff, CNN, 18 Feb. 2020
• Ford should still contend on short tracks, but this part of the season doesn’t have many.
  — Jordan Bianchi, New York Times, 13 June 2026
• This is the last thing a team struggling to break out of a deep funk needs to contend with.
  — Brad Biggs, chicagotribune.com, 23 Nov. 2021
• Both of those are hard to contend for with Betts on the baseline.
  — Steven Louis Goldstein, New York Times, 28 Mar. 2025
• All of this matters for a team that is on the cusp of contending again.
  — Jared Wyllys, Forbes, 30 Nov. 2023
• In rewriting the past, Putin has to contend with the present.
  — Frida Ghitis, CNN, 9 May 2022
• The club put him on waivers last season but no contending clubs bit.
  — Andrew Baggarly, The Athletic, 30 Jan. 2025
• The dozens of designers that show this week will have to contend with that.
  — Steff Yotka, Vogue, 9 July 2018
• This is something that… staff will have to contend with in the future.
  — Karen Pearlman, sandiegouniontribune.com, 11 June 2018
• There’s a lot at stake, even for clubs not expected to contend.
  — Susan Slusser, SFChronicle.com, 5 Aug. 2020
• And this team wants to contend long-term in the division.
  — Mike Kaye march 16, Charlotte Observer, 16 Mar. 2026
• There are three storm systems to contend with through the middle of next week.
  — Dave Epstein, BostonGlobe.com, 18 Jan. 2023
• Aberg will contend some weeks, and others be on the cusp of missing the cut.
  — Jeff Hartman, Forbes.com, 30 June 2026
• This season, the Leafs planned to contend.
  — Joshua Kloke, New York Times, 8 Mar. 2026
• And many of them will contend with the kinds of problems that have plagued Zeiger.
  — Jim Rendon, Marie Claire, 29 Oct. 2018
• Women will have to contend with holes in their resumes, lost pay and a wider wage gap.
  — Arkansas Online, 21 Dec. 2020
• Frank contends that the land shouldn't cost that much, even with the new additions.
  — Olivia Krauth, The Courier-Journal, 10 Mar. 2020
• Three drivers so young and already able to contend with the best week-in-and-out.
  — Nathan Brown, The Indianapolis Star, 5 Oct. 2021
• Four to five years might not be enough time to contend outright by building through the draft.
  — Thomas Drance, New York Times, 24 June 2026
• The point of this league is to contend for a Super Bowl.
  — Jace Frederick, Twin Cities, 28 Sep. 2025
• Horn contends that the harm was to his ability to earn a living.
  — Maureen Groppe, USA TODAY, 15 Oct. 2024
• There should be a long line of contending teams on hold waiting to make offers.
  — Cody Stavenhagen, New York Times, 3 June 2026