Sentences with 'rivalled'
Example sentences and phrases with the word rivalled and other words derived from it.
• « Particularly in England and the Low Countries, northern European crafts were produced that rivalled Italian products and undermined demand for the latter. Thus, Italy's relative prosperity vis-à-vis the rest of Europe declined until the 16th century. »
• « As demonstrated in the case of the French Wars of Religion, there were often numerous small states and territories that sometimes rivalled larger ones in power, and even nobles who were part of a given kingdom had the right to raise and maintain their own armies outside the direct control of the monarch. »
• « Its system of roads, kept free of debris and repaired by workers stationed at varying intervals, rivalled that of the Romans and efficiently connected the vast empire. »
• « Slaves, cotton and the steamboat transformed the city from a relatively isolated corner of North America in the 18th century to a thriving metropolis that rivalled New York in importance. »