5 sentences with 'vied'
Example sentences and phrases with the word vied and other words derived from it.
• « After Nero's death, a brief civil war broke out. Four generals vied for emperor, supported by their armies. »
• « Italy had been dominated by foreign powers since about 1500, when Spain and France vied for control and extinguished the independence of most of the Italian Renaissance city-states during the Italian Wars. »
• « A ruling dynasty known as the Qajars took power in 1779 but struggled to maintain control over the various tribal groups that had long vied for power and influence. »
• « For most of the 19th century, Britain and Russia were the two European powers that most often vied with each other for power in Persia, and the Qajar shahs (kings) repeatedly tried and failed to play the European rivals off against each other in the name of Persian independence. »
• « The Americas also provided a new arena for intense imperial rivalry as different European nations vied for pre-eminence in the New World. »