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How to use contend in a sentence

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Those frustrations surely are enough to handle without also having to contend with the threat of violence.
They never had to contend with the problems of clogged sewers, of water and electricity cut-offs, of telephones not working.
Many security experts contend that weakened encryption would open the door for terrorists, allowing cyberterrorism to rule the day.
Examination of forage craters indicated that caribou had to contend with only a few centimetres of soft powder snow with a loose granular base.
Whether it is good for you or not, I would contend that all food can be good for you or it can be bad for you.
The critique, I contend, often commits the selfsame mistakes that have become an almost accepted characterisation of anthropological practice.
Essex County Fire and Rescue Service and Essex Ambulance Service also have to contend with numerous prank calls.
She also had to contend with the many false dauphins who appeared across France, Europe and as far away as Canada.
However, some agricultural industry groups contend that there is not enough evidence to link farm runoff to red tides or dead zones.
Still, much like her counterparts today, she must contend with a presumption of male privilege.
Economists sometimes contend that it makes no difference whether officialdom is decently paid or underpaid and makes it up by taking bribes.
So we must contend that this was just a shot at profiteering that they thought they'd get away with but got caught.
No government would contend that these prohibitions apply only to parties to the treaties that outlaw them.
Locals contend that prostitution and crime are soaring as people find no other way to stay afloat.
Leading psychopharmacologists contend that antidepressant treatment can be delivered in a way that instills confidence in patients.
These 54 athletes had waited all week to contend the eight and the field was impressive.
Well, I may have had a lot of Grinches to contend with this year, but that doesn't mean I've lost my belief in Santa Claus!
I shall strenuously contend for the immediate enfranchisement of our slave population.
Further he does not contend that the period of his disqualification is excessive.
Part of helping the public health system contend with the threat of bioterrorism is having reliable research available.
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Examples from Classical Literature
This is one of the most common troubles that a cavy raiser has to contend with.
They only contend that we should interweave some economy with the taxes with which we have chosen to begin the war.
In the playing of classical music, Mr. Gottschalk has to contend against his own individuality.
Having this matter attended to, there are other enemies with which we must contend.
They have to contend with the powers of darkness and the corruptions of nature.
You must indeed have been sorely pressed, having merci's whole force to contend with.
They not only defame Wilson, but they contend that the part we played in the war has been overestimated.
I am called a member of the uncovenanted Service, but I contend that such a term is a misnomer.
The vast empire with which sapor had almost made up his mind to contend was partitioned out into three moderate-sized kingdoms.
As it is, he has some difficulty to contend with the hebetude of his intellect, and the meanness of his subject.
Some critics contend that the loss of the boat was due to the gyroscopic action of its turbine engines.
For fourteen years the city has had to contend with the fears of the incomer.
We see them hostilely wrestling with the sovereign power, which they contend is subordinate to their own.
But it was a very different person with whom the madagascan had to contend in the end.
The biggest bugbear that the referee has to contend with is the penalty and offside restrictions.
Nor is it open to the gainsayer to contend that they were kings indeed but of some chance city.
It will be an evil day for the world when the nave shall leave its place and contend for that of the felloe.
They contend that different varieties of water possess different degrees of what they term the zymotic power.
Here, presumedly, these two troubled young ladies met in a disembodied form to contend for the possession of this young man.
If a proportional representation take place, the small States contend that their liberties will be in danger.
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