contends

[ kuhn-tendz ]

verb

1. third person singular present indicative of contend.

Word History and Origins

Origin of contends¹

contend ( def ) + -s ²( def )

Example Sentences

He told The Washington Post early in his tenure that he hoped “to get America to where it sees subtle forms of segregation” but at times found himself contending with more blatant ones.

From Washington Post

She contends he had promised the sperm donor would resemble her husband and come from a similar ethnic background.

From Washington Post

As if the ongoing pandemic and economic fallout weren’t enough to contend with, publishers are facing up to a privacy revolution that will upend targeted advertising.

From Digiday

Long-term, the franchise cannot contend while skating on such thin ice.

From FiveThirtyEight

Who can win the Masters, who can but won’t and who to pick in your poolAs far as the Masters is concerned, however, DeChambeau has never really contended.

From Washington Post

The family contends that Muataz was regularly abused and further threatened with rape.

From The Daily Beast

The Habsburg army, however, Watson contends, were exceptionally bloodthirsty.

From The Daily Beast

The state contends he hired Joe Gentz, 50, a local roustabout, to kill his wife of 26 years.

From The Daily Beast

More importantly, contends Winroth, the Vikings were acting completely rationally with their raids.

From The Daily Beast

The economic recovery in Europe, contends Winroth, “was during the Viking Age.”

From The Daily Beast

Navigation everywhere contends with the same monster; the sea is one hydra.

From Project Gutenberg

Ribbing87 contends that we must regard it as abnormal when a boy of thirteen or fourteen is obsessed (hanté) by erotic ideas.

From Project Gutenberg

He contends that children who go to bed at night healthily tired out, will not be likely to think of masturbation.

From Project Gutenberg

He is generally said to have died of grief; but Lepsius contends, that he survived even the accession of Hadrian.

From Project Gutenberg

Realism, he contends, is only a vast field of preliminary studies and a store-room of materials.

From Project Gutenberg

Related Words

• argue
• confront
• cope
• dispute
• go after
• grapple
• meet
• oppose
• push for
• resist
• vie