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
• But solid might not be enough to compete for the title.
  — Jon Wilner, The Mercury News, 1 Mar. 2024
• Archers compete to win each stage and to qualify for the World Cup Final.
  — Natalie Krebs, Outdoor Life, 7 Feb. 2024
• Great for when friends come over or for siblings who love to compete, anywhere.
  — Amy Joyce, Washington Post, 4 Dec. 2023
• Ten teams compete in a series of a couple dozen races that take place on racetracks and city streets all around the globe.
  — David Hill, Rolling Stone, 14 Jan. 2024
• The air carrier competes with Ravn Alaska on all of its routes.
  — Scott McMurren, Anchorage Daily News, 17 June 2023
• West doesn’t seem at all worried about competing with Kennedy or Biden or Trump for votes.
  — TIME, 16 Oct. 2023
• And speaking of bobs, more recently, Eve threw up a peace sign in a platinum bob no one can compete with.
  — Essence Beauty Editors, Essence, 10 Nov. 2023
• Add to that the other three categories in which the film is competing tonight, and this award show could be very promising for the entire cast.
  — Lorena Meouchi, Glamour, 18 Feb. 2024
• The show broke records with its 27 Emmy noms — and for the first time, three actor leads are competing in the same category.
  — Jackie Strause, The Hollywood Reporter, 15 Aug. 2023
• And as competing cars dropped left and right throughout the race’s 24 hours, leaving less than half of the GTE class remaining, the hot-pink Porsche stayed in the lead for more than 12 hours.
  — Gabby Shacknai, Harper's BAZAAR, 26 June 2023
• This was the Spanish women's team's third time competing in the World Cup finals, but first time winning.
  — Jenny Goldsberry, Washington Examiner, 26 Aug. 2023
• Three other Wave players expect to compete on the world’s biggest stage.
  — Ryan Finley, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 July 2023
• What should surprise us is that women did not start competing on a large scale with men in the professions until the 1970s.
  — Timothy Noah, The New Republic, 16 Oct. 2023
• This instruction is vital so that all can compete at the junior and high school levels.
  — Christina Mayo, Miami Herald, 2 Mar. 2024
• However the lawsuit shakes out, Starlink and Kuiper will compete for customers in the future.
  — Steve Mollman, Fortune, 14 Dec. 2023
• But just coming out here competing, nobody’s too good for it.
  — Mark Inabinett | [e-mail], al, 9 July 2023
• Watch traditional folk dancing, compete in games and contests, visit vendor and craft booths, and bring the kids to the Kids’ Zone.
  — Linda McIntosh, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 Sep. 2023
• The fun sunnies were made to complement your jewelry, not compete with it.
  — People Staff, Peoplemag, 22 June 2023
• Women have competed, but not directly with men and not over the same distances.
  — George Petras, USA TODAY, 28 June 2023
• Race-car driving is one of the few sports in which men and women compete professionally side by side.
  — Vera Carothers, The New Yorker, 30 Oct. 2023
• Ryu portrays an archery coach who scouts Indigenous tribes in the Amazon for archers who could compete in the world championships.
  — Patrick Frater, Variety, 10 July 2023
• Bailey also argues that PCs also compete with the Xbox because gamers both largely play the same top 15 games across them.
  — Tom Warren, The Verge, 29 June 2023
• Shopify Rebellion will compete in the LCS starting in 2024.
  — Jay Peters, The Verge, 21 Sep. 2023
• Humans have no chance at competing with AI on making a product.
  — Will Tizard, Variety, 20 Nov. 2023

Last Updated: 5 May 2024