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.
• At the same time, there is all that fat to contend with.
  — Helen Rosner, The New Yorker, 16 Feb. 2022
• Now the world is contending with the worst oil shock in years.
  — Julia Horowitz, CNN, 16 Sep. 2019
• The metro will have some new snow to contend with, as well.
  — Pioneer Press, Twin Cities, 6 Dec. 2019
• In rewriting the past, Putin has to contend with the present.
  — Frida Ghitis, CNN, 9 May 2022
• Do the Jazz need to make a trade to contend for a title?
  — The Salt Lake Tribune, 15 Dec. 2021
• For much of the last decade, households around the world have had to contend with it.
  — Kaya Yurieff, CNN, 18 Feb. 2020
• 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
• All of this matters for a team that is on the cusp of contending again.
  — Jared Wyllys, Forbes, 30 Nov. 2023
• This might be the time for the Jazz to vault from the fringes of contending to the foreground.
  — Dan Woike, Los Angeles Times, 20 Oct. 2019
• But during the day, there were no such crowds to contend with.
  — New York Times, 29 May 2021
• The dozens of designers that show this week will have to contend with that.
  — Steff Yotka, Vogue, 9 July 2018
• Many came dressed in costumes, and all had to contend with new snow on the ground.
  — Anchorage Daily News, 28 Feb. 2021
• And many of them will contend with the kinds of problems that have plagued Zeiger.
  — Jim Rendon, Marie Claire, 29 Oct. 2018
• The company will have to contend with the prospect of lower sales for some time.
  — Phil Wahba, Fortune, 12 Feb. 2018
• The city of Vallejo now has a new lawsuit to contend with.
  — Sean Dooley, ABC News, 3 June 2021
• There are three storm systems to contend with through the middle of next week.
  — Dave Epstein, BostonGlobe.com, 18 Jan. 2023
• This is something that… staff will have to contend with in the future.
  — Karen Pearlman, sandiegouniontribune.com, 11 June 2018
• Pittsburgh is among the contending teams that need to shed salary to be under the cap.
  — Washington Post, 19 June 2019
• Otherwise, the quest to contend will remain stuck in the mud.
  — oregonlive, 15 Apr. 2022
• Woods has contended a few times in his nine events this year.
  — Joe Juliano, Philly.com, 12 June 2018
• Google contends that the hard deadline produces the best results.
  — Taylor Telford, Anchorage Daily News, 30 Aug. 2019
• Frank contends that the land shouldn't cost that much, even with the new additions.
  — Olivia Krauth, The Courier-Journal, 10 Mar. 2020
• This is a team that could contend for the conference title.
  — Jeremy Cluff, The Arizona Republic, 6 Jan. 2024
• Three drivers so young and already able to contend with the best week-in-and-out.
  — Nathan Brown, The Indianapolis Star, 5 Oct. 2021
• Women will have to contend with holes in their resumes, lost pay and a wider wage gap.
  — Arkansas Online, 21 Dec. 2020
• The companies may still have to contend with other states.
  — Rachel Abrams, New York Times, 12 July 2018
• Still, there are certain matters of record to contend with.
  — Aaron Gilbreath, Longreads, 27 Sep. 2017
• Disabled people have to contend with them more than most.
  — Andrew Pulrang, Forbes, 18 Apr. 2021

Last Updated: 27 Mar 2024