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10 sentences with 'contest'

Example sentences and phrases with the word contest and other words derived from it.


• « The birthday party was very fun, there was a dance contest. »
contest: The birthday party was very fun, there was a dance contest.
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• « She received an award for her triumph in the literary contest. »
contest: She received an award for her triumph in the literary contest.
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• « Jon had entered that contest once, but was not selected to compete. »
• « Besides, since the contest was held every four years, that would be his last chance. »
• « There was one contest that could launch even an unknown musician to success: the Van Cliburn. »
• « America's first party system was shaped by the political contest between the Federalists and the Democratic-Republicans. »
• « It was clear that the contest would not be close, and there would be little suspense as Winton circled the track for 14 more laps. »
• « Rousseau rose to prominence by winning an essay contest in 1749, writing a scathing critique of his contemporary French society and claiming that its so-called "civilisation" was a corrupt façade that undermined the natural moral character of humanity. »
• « The last imperial war, the French and Indian War (1754-1763), known as the Seven Years' War (1756-1763) in Europe, proved to be the decisive contest between Britain and France in America. It began over rival claims along the frontier in present-day western Pennsylvania. »
• « During the annual fair in Caliente, a town of 1111 people, she played her piano in front of a contest ground where contestants were trying to hold a pig in a mudhole; the audience, boots still muddy, came to hear Laura play to the accompaniment of the grunts and squeals of the pigs. »

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