COMPETITIVE in a Sentence

Learn COMPETITIVE from example sentences; some of them are from classic books. These examples are selected from a corpus with 300,000 sentences, including classic works and current mainstream media. Some sentences also link to their contexts.
110 example sentences for COMPETITIVE, such as:
1. You see, we need to stay competitive.
2. I never thought of starting competition.
3. It is essential our prices remain competitive.
4. Our firm is no longer competitive in world markets.
5. The banks are lending money at a competitive rate of interest.
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Animal Farm by George Orwell
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 Meanings and Examples of COMPETITIVE
competitive
 a.  showing a fighting disposition
 a.  involving competition or competitiveness
Classic Sentence: (24 in 2 pages)
1  The pupils then entered among themselves upon a competitive examination on the subject of Boots, with the view of ascertaining who could tread the hardest upon whose toes.
Great Expectations By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In Chapter X
2  That was the competitive wage system; and if Jurgis wanted to understand what Socialism was, it was there he had best begin.
The Jungle By Upton Sinclair
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 29
3  She did not care for the eager competition furnished by the sixteen-year-olds whose fresh cheeks and bright smiles made one forget their twice-turned frocks and patched shoes.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XVIII
4  She could see for herself how quickly the town was rebuilding and anyone who could establish a lumber business now, when there was so little competition, would have a gold mine.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXV
5  What they meant was: they felt you were starting dangerous competition by giving a party such as most people here can't afford.
Main Street By Sinclair Lewis
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER VIII
6  I never thought of starting competition.
Main Street By Sinclair Lewis
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER VIII
7  This falling for anybody's say-so about medical jealousy and competition is simply part and parcel of your usual willingness to think the worst you possibly can of us poor dubs in Gopher Prairie.
Main Street By Sinclair Lewis
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XIV
8  Of course, since we're at war with Germany, anything that any one of us doesn't like is 'pro-German,' whether it's business competition or bad music.
Main Street By Sinclair Lewis
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXVI
9  Jurgis, as a beggar, was simply a blundering amateur in competition with organized and scientific professionalism.
The Jungle By Upton Sinclair
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 23
10  He had gone into business, and found himself in competition with the fortunes of those who had been stealing while he had been fighting.
The Jungle By Upton Sinclair
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 30
11  You understand," he said, "that in a society dominated by the fact of commercial competition, money is necessarily the test of prowess, and wastefulness the sole criterion of power.
The Jungle By Upton Sinclair
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 31
12  "I have pointed out some of the negative wastes of competition," answered the other.
The Jungle By Upton Sinclair
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 31
13  Heyward smiled to himself at the idea of a competition with the scout, though he determined to persevere in the deception, until apprised of the real designs of Magua.
The Last of the Mohicans By James Fenimore Cooper
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 29
14  His fine figure, alert limbs, and bright face, raised an instant competition, and half a dozen bids simultaneously met the ear of the auctioneer.
Uncle Tom's Cabin By Harriet Beecher Stowe
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XII
15  He was her dear Wickham on every occasion; no one was to be put in competition with him.
Pride and Prejudice By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 51
Example Sentence: (86 in 6 pages)
1  The bank has to butter up investors because it is in a fiercely competitive market.
2  Of course we're competitive but there's no personal animosity between us.
3  There is too much of a competitive element in the sales department.
4  In addition to a competitive salary, the company offers attractive employee benefits.
5  We must encourage innovation if the company is to remain competitive.
6  He is respected as a very aggressive and competitive executive.
7  Our firm is no longer competitive in world markets.
8  Only by keeping down costs will America maintain its competitive advantage over other countries.
9  There's a popular supposition that we're publicly funded but the bulk of our money comes from competitive contracts.
10  The rag trade is extremely competitive, and one needs plenty of contacts in order to survive.
11  Acting is very competitive - you've got to really push yourself if you want to succeed.
12  The banks are lending money at a competitive rate of interest.
13  It is essential our prices remain competitive.
14  You see, we need to stay competitive.
15  Faced with an increasingly competitive jobs market and frequent bad publicity over pay and conditions, the army is getting ever more sophisticated and corporate in its approach to recruitment.