How to Use contender in a Sentence

contender

noun

• This latest defeat means that she's no longer a contender for the world title.
• There are several contestants, but only two real contenders.
• The two were the contenders in the second round of the election.
  — Jari Tanner, Quartz, 12 Feb. 2024
• Thanks to the strikes, this was the weakest group of contenders in decades.
  — Glenn Whipp, Los Angeles Times, 2 Aug. 2024
• That opened the door for the other contenders with the field down to 18 horses.
  — USA TODAY, 6 May 2023
• This will start to suss out some of the early contenders.
  — Josh Hammer, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 Apr. 2025
• The contenders represented the West, the Northeast, the Midwest and the South.
  — Kturnqui, oregonlive, 22 June 2023
• The change-up makes KCAL a contender in the morning news arena for the first time.
  — Cynthia Littleton, Variety, 12 July 2022
• Almost all our judges loved this Car of the Year contender.
  — Robert Ross, Robb Report, 11 Feb. 2025
• The Cougars’ only loss was by six points in Week 3 against a 4A contender in Snowflake.
  — Theo MacKie, The Arizona Republic, 10 Nov. 2022
• Here's a look at the Final Four Burger contenders, and how to vote.
  — Endia Fontanez, The Arizona Republic, 20 Mar. 2024
• If there was a comeback player of the year award in the NHL, Drouin would be a top contender.
  — Corey Masisak, The Denver Post, 18 May 2024
• While some may argue that the kitchen is the heart of a home, the sitting room makes for a mighty fine contender.
  — Town & Country, 9 Feb. 2023
• The chief contender is the Fugetsu-Do sweet shop in Little Tokyo.
  — Los Angeles Times, 12 July 2022
• This left Jenna and Joey and Ilona and Alan as the final two contenders.
  — Dana Rose Falcone, People.com, 27 Nov. 2024
• Notre Dame should also be a contender for a top 10 spot.
  — Nathan Baird, cleveland, 4 Aug. 2022
• If the Heat doesn’t want to be a contender, stop pretending.
  — Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 7 July 2024
• But the Rams are still expected to be a strong contender for the state title.
  — oregonlive, 19 Aug. 2022
• Most of the main contenders fly in for the Gothams, and many stick around to get some extra campaigning in.
  — Nate Jones, Vulture, 7 Dec. 2024
• That said, Trump swamps the current field of primary contenders with 69% of the vote.
  — Susan Page, USA TODAY, 23 Apr. 2023
• And her team has the look, once again, of a major contender in Division 1.
  — Cam Kerry, BostonGlobe.com, 24 Aug. 2022
• So has Renault done enough to put itself back on the map as an EV contender?
  — James Morris, Forbes, 8 Oct. 2022
• The brand’s waffle robe also beat out a handful of contenders for the best spa-style robe.
  — Claire Harmeyer, Peoplemag, 5 May 2023
• Not much of a surprise, given the shaky weather forecast and the lack of a Triple Crown contender.
  — Jake Seiner, Hartford Courant, 11 June 2022
• Another contender for the best value of the bunch is this deal on the Garmin Venu Sq Music.
  — Corey Gaskin, Ars Technica, 12 July 2022
• But the team on paper does not resemble that of a contender.
  — oregonlive, 25 June 2022
• There’s still time for more contenders to step forward.
  — Steven Porter, BostonGlobe.com, 8 June 2023
• Yes, Harlow is a white man who was a contender for an award made for Black people.
  — Wisdom Iheanyichukwu, refinery29.com, 29 June 2022
• The Chicago Cubs have done a lot to shape their team into a postseason contender over the last few months, and, to this point, it's paid off quite well.
  — Thomas G. Moukawsher, MSNBC Newsweek, 14 Apr. 2025
• The award show announced Swift as a contender in six categories on April 23: artist of the year, favorite female pop artist, album of the year, favorite pop album, collaboration of the year and favorite touring artist.
  — Bryan West, USA Today, 24 Apr. 2025