9 sentences with 'competition'
Example sentences and phrases with the word competition and other words derived from it.
• « Today, global competition and lean company budgets have led employers to value boldness over servility. »
• « -You need to win a major international competition," he told him. If you haven't made a name for yourself by the time you're 30, no one will be able to get you contracts. »
• « For the Universal Exhibition to be held in 1889, a competition was organised for the construction of a tower that would be a masterpiece of the mechanical industry. »
• « The last day we had a competition in an arena. It involved dodging barrels lined up on the ground and passing each other's bags at a fast gallop. »
• « This idea of public debate and competition was to have an enormous influence on the development of Greek culture, which would later spread throughout the Mediterranean region. »
• « The games were a combination of religious festival and competition in which the aristocrats of each city competed in various sports, including javelin, discus, foot races and a brutal form of unarmed combat called pankration. »
• « Although there was a great deal of bloodshed among the powerful Renaissance families, their political competition often took the form of an ongoing battle over who could commission the best art and then "give" that art to their hometown, rather than fighting in the streets. »