Use "contended" in a sentence

1. were washed away when she looked at the contended

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2. Michael, indeed, had a concealed pistol permit, he contended – although, as Edgar recalled, Michael knew nothing about it when he arrested him

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3. What was really bad, Truman contended, was that any direction the police investigation went, whether it was strictly the murder, the laundering connection via the checks or drug smuggling, Beth could easily be considered by the police to be an important witness, something she dreaded, particularly knowing that one of the investigating officers was Enrique Segovia, the cocaine-selling cop that coincidentally Truman had learned of that same day in prison

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4. The Samosa government, he contended, was just the latest manifestation in a long history of United States manipulation and imperialistic exploitation of their homeland

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5. While he wouldn’t have hesitated for a moment; if confronted by a charging bull moose, or attacked by a mother bear defending her cubs; both situations which he had indeed contended with in the past; for a moment he was transfixed by the sudden jolt of pure naked fear shooting through his guts

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6. But their loss was our gain, wasn’t it? his memory contended against the loyalty that he once had for his former faith

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7. They have historically contended with each other over the land of Canaan and others around it, and do so to this day

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8. Orb contended the world’s famine was caused by population increase combined with limits of food production

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9. 13 If I did despise the cause of my manservant or of my maidservant, when they contended with me;

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10. and shall not find them, even those who contended with you: those who war against you shall be as nothing, and as a thing of nothing

11. 11 Then contended I with the rulers, and said, why is the house of God

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12. 17 Then I contended with

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13. 21 But Alcimus contended for the high priesthood

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14. ” Such policies, Ehrlich contended, would allow population increase so great as to destroy the earth’s ecosystem

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15. seven children entered the contest; and the brethren contended

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16. Simon contended that environmental conditions and living standards are getting better for most people in most parts of the world and will continue to do so

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17. Democrats also contended the cost of repeal is more than the

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18. “You further contended that they were pumping at a hundred pounds

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19. He furthermore contended that Lieutenant James was trying to perform his duties correctly

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20. During his lifetime he certainly was no angel, he lied, committed treason, abused the temple, coveted, committed adultery, murdered, procrastinated, contended with his own rebellious family, but through it all, every time his sin was pointed out to him and with each misstep, he listened to wise counsel, accepted responsibility and learnt, continually growing in stature and power

21. 13 Eleazar was the first to contend and the mother of the seven children entered the contest; and the brethren contended

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22. 52 The Jews therefore contended with one another saying "How can this Man give us His flesh to eat?"

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23. Paquette concluded that structural weaknesses from repairs to the Fitzgerald and poor boat handling led to the disaster, and contended that Coast Guard marine inspectors overlooked problems in the construction and repair history of the Fitzgerald

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24. The Coast Guard, Stubbs contended, was not a good fit in the Department of Transportation

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25. 4 You all contended day and night for the whole brotherhood that in his mercy and good pleasure the number of his elect might be saved

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26. 12 Envy brought down Dathan and Abiram alive to the grave because they contended against Moses the servant of God

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27. 2 For he when a strife arose concerning the priesthood and when the tribes contended which of them should be adorned with that glorious name commanded the twelve chiefs of the tribes to bring to him rods each inscribed with the name of a tribe; and when he had taken them he bound them together and sealed them with the seals of the heads of the tribes and laid them up on the table of God in the tabernacle of the testimony

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28. Papp contended it was easier for illegal immigrants to come across the ice than to use the waterways where they could be pursued by Customs, Immigration, Coast Guard and Canadian patrol craft

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29. Not private enough, Carl contended, and they went instead to the Alley, where the sound of falling pins masked communications

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30. Aristotle however, contended that the value of a play was determined by the audience, not the

31. Bors and Lady Sharon contended with their massive opponent

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32. Our forefathers have long contended with the oppressive borders and picket lines of the troll folk of Gaea

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33. Restadicus and the Lore Masters contended with the levitating beholders

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34. Listhew and Smithforge stepped in their path and contended with the surging bull-trolls with their broadswords

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35. A battalion of transparent skeletons and zombie knights contended with the warriors

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36. Those that made it through their line contended with the axes and hammers of the dwarves

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37. Starfling and Flamering flew into the night air and contended with Tiamat

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38. Rauros contended with Heartsing, the seraphim

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39. They strode at the core of the firbolgs and contended with their fiery claws

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40. They have contended long and hard with the gorgons and firbolgs that run rampant through their Home Plane

41. The other warriors, including the Morphozoids, Qualinesti Elves and members of the Bengal Clan contended with their adversaries wholeheartedly

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42. They too knew the battle tactics of their Chaotic Kindred and contended with them tactfully

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43. And so it came, after much roving of the eyes, that I determined to pry myself from the initial fear that held me at bay, and contended, at least for the while, to scour about the middle level of this haunt

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44. Rodan readily accepted all that was presented to him regarding the attributes of God, but he contended that the Father in heaven is not, cannot be, a person as man conceives personality

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45. 4 Thomas contended that God does communicate with man, and therefore that the Father is a person, even within the definition of Rodan

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46. Then Nathaniel appealed to his own personal experience with God, and that Rodan allowed, affirming that he had recently had similar experiences, but these experiences, he contended, proved only the reality of God, not his personality

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47. I contended that I was watching the stupid thing when it jammed up and tried to add water

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48. The shift manager contended that if I was it would have never tied up

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49. It doesn’t matter what the agreement is, it can be contended in court, it can cost a lot of money and a lot of time to resolve, and it is not fair in any sense already

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50. because they contended with him

51. Wrapped in their own world in silence, so deep, contended and still in love,

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52. contended with Moses and spoke, saying, "If only we had

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53. because the sons of Israel contended with the LORD, and He

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54. To the government, he contended

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55. After consuming the whole contents of the plate, I sat back with a contended sigh

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56. He literally contended with what was against Him - fervent, strong, believing prayer

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57. Ø He contended in prayer to overcome spiritual pressure and the human tendency is to preserve or save self

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58. affliction, as Sparrow contended, he still had no reason to treat her with such

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59. It is often contended that the mind

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60. It took ten years of keeping Troy under siege and then the cunning idea of the wooden horse to be able to break down the walls that held Helen, the contended woman

61. They contended that all of this was fulfilled through collusion between Al’lah and the devil against His noble messenger, so that He debased him unjustly, in a way that was unprecedented, without his committing a sin (far be it for Him)

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62. If it was intended to refer to a physical touch, as is falsely contended concerning this noble messenger, the word in the original Arabic of the Qur’an would be ‘lamas’ rather than ‘mass’

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63. canopy, would be difficult to reach as he contended with the panicked

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64. ‘Not any!’ she contended

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65. now, had contended that the Spaniard had realised he

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66. himself and contended with his collection of foreign memorabilia stuck

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67. For ten minutes Jack stared at the door with a contended

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68. Revelation were under discussion my respondent stoutly contended that Mt

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69. Then I contended with the nobles of Judah, and said

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70. than Gehenna, though it is contended that Gehenna is the word which signifies the place of

71. It is not contended that this forms anything like a complete list of the numerous aspects from which a portrait can be considered, but they are some of the more extreme of those prevalent at the present time

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72. Neither is it contended that they are incompatible with each other: the qualities of two or more of these points of view are often found in the same work

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73. Russell Boatmen: “At a public forum in which chapter 24 of Matthew and chapter 20 of Revelation were under discussion my respondent stoutly contended that Mt

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74. IT IS AN ABSURDITY to say that if a father should punish his son with such torment as many say is contended for in the Bible, for any conceivable offence, it would show a want of justice, and an audacious rebellion against all sense of the goodness and mercy of love, and then to attribute such a course to our heavenly father

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75. Paul, the most effective adversary with whom evil ever contended, lays the utmost stress on the 'wiles,’ the 'devices,’ the 'stratagems’ of the powers of darkness

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76. „Consumerism,' he contended with utter conviction, „which floods the coffers of these rich

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77. All that we are now learning of the inner and spiritual life of millions of men beyond the pale of the visible Church in ancient and modern Asia, assures us of the reality of the divine operation contended for, in numbers who on earth have never known the revealed Word of God and His Messiah

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78. It seems to us as if the sacred writers had exhausted their vocabulary in order to convey what is contended for

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79. But those views of the ruin and redemption of man, for which we have contended, and which rest on the simpler rendering of the gospel, answer to the height and depth and length of the apostolic declarations

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80. additional GSM spectrum on the basis of March, 2006 guidelines which they contended were

81. "Christians, when they speak of hell, adopt the phraseology used about Sheol and Hades rather than Gehenna, though it is contended that Gehenna is the word which signifies the place of endless misery

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82. In fact, surveys show that almost 58% of those who are at an early retirement stage and are engaged in retirement jobs had contended that the reason why they still want to work is that they still want to serve their community

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83. For, he contended with himself that it was impossible to foresee what that lady might pretend next; and he felt assured that if she should take it into her brightly ornamented head to pretend that she had seen him do a murder and afterwards flay the victim, she would infallibly go through with it until the play was played out

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84. He, yielding under the pressure of a complicated something, long dreaded and long vaguely foreseen and contended against, and recovering after the cloud had burst and passed, I should hope that the worst was over

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85. There was a hurry, too, in all his thoughts, a turbulent and heated working of his heart, that contended against resignation

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