COMPETE in a Sentence
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92 example sentences for COMPETE, such as:
1. I am alive, you see, and competent.
2. Their products compete directly with ours.
3. The company must reduce costs to compete effectively.
4. Professional athletes may now compete at the Olympics.
5. You will have to compete with others for this position.
2. Their products compete directly with ours.
3. The company must reduce costs to compete effectively.
4. Professional athletes may now compete at the Olympics.
5. You will have to compete with others for this position.
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Meanings and Examples of COMPETE
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compete
v. compete for something; engage in a contest; measure oneself against others
Classic Sentence: (34 in 3 pages)
1 It was bitter to acknowledge her inferiority even to herself, but the fact had been brought home to her that as a bread-winner she could never compete with professional ability.
2 He was like a wounded animal in the forest; he was forced to compete with his enemies upon unequal terms.
3 Then Alcinous told Laodamas and Halius to dance alone, for there was no one to compete with them.
4 In a few hours the examination would commence, and he was still in the dilemma between making the facts public and allowing the culprit to compete for the valuable scholarship.
The Return of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context Highlight In IX. THE ADVENTURE OF THE THREE STUDENTS
Context Highlight In IX. THE ADVENTURE OF THE THREE STUDENTS
5 There also developed a tendency to compete in the matter of horses and liveried flunkeys; with the result that despite the damp and snowy weather exceedingly elegant turnouts took to parading backwards and forwards.
6 There had always been friends, neighbors, the competent hands of willing slaves.
7 She felt herself once more the alert and competent moulder of emergencies, and the remembrance of her power over Selden flushed her with sudden confidence.
8 The Ford Garage and the Buick Garage, competent one-story brick and cement buildings opposite each other.
9 Bea was competent; there was no household labor except sewing and darning and gossipy assistance to Bea in bed-making.
10 And so it turned out; Mr. Hosea Hussey being from home, but leaving Mrs. Hussey entirely competent to attend to all his affairs.
11 Or, if for any reason thought to be corporeally incapacitated for that, yet such an one would seem superlatively competent to cheer and howl on his underlings to the attack.
12 I am alive, you see, and competent.
13 A few succeeding days were passed amid the privations, the uproar, and the dangers of the siege, which was vigorously pressed by a power, against whose approaches Munro possessed no competent means of resistance.
14 After this incident, and as he reviewed the battle pictures he had seen, he felt quite competent to return home and make the hearts of the people glow with stories of war.
15 He may be too proud to let any one take him out of a place that he is competent to fill, and fills well and with respect.
Example Sentence: (58 in 4 pages)
1 Some retailers worry that new regulations will hurt their ability to compete in the marketplace.
2 Our goods compete in terms of product quality, reliability and above all variety.
3 They believe they're playing a zero-sum game, where both must compete for the same paltry resources.
4 The major aviation companies need to cut prices if they are to compete with budget airlines.
5 He was accused of taking the radio station downmarket in order to compete with commercial stations.
6 When you are content to be simply yourself and don't compare or compete, everyone will respect you.
7 Their products compete directly with ours.
8 He wants to compete at international level, but frankly I don't think he's up to it.
9 Local firms are finding it difficult to compete in the international market.
10 We ask for a level playing field when we compete with foreign companies.
11 For the magazine to be successful, it will have to compete in the big league against leading weekly women's magazines.
12 Such companies must change if they are to compete in the modern world.
13 You will have to compete with others for this position.
14 Professional athletes may now compete at the Olympics.
15 The company must reduce costs to compete effectively.