Sentences with 'contests'
Example sentences and phrases with the word contests and other words derived from it.
• « What mattered to the Greeks was how a man performed publicly, in battle, in athletic contests or in the public forums of debate that sprang up in the growing city-states of archaic Greece. »
• « Likewise, elite Romans often paid for great games and contests with free food and drink, sometimes for entire cities. This practice was not just in the name of ostentation, but was an expression of loyalty to the Roman people and their shared Roman culture. »
• « The gradual decline of the Federalist Party is evident in its losses in the presidential contests between 1800 and 1820. »
• « The campaign of 1828 differed significantly from previous presidential contests because of the party organisation that promoted Andrew Jackson. »