contentions
- plural of contention.
Example Sentences
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Contentions to the contrary, they say, are false.
From Salon • Apr. 14, 2026
Contentions that the new drugs are superior have been “greatly exaggerated,” says Dr. Jeffrey A. Lieberman, chairman of the psychiatry department at .
From New York Times • Oct. 2, 2010
Contentions and struggles between the two great races of Saxons and Danes continued for some centuries to agitate the island.
From King Alfred of England Makers of History by Abbott, Jacob
Contentions occurred no longer; but there was a something in Susanna which attracted Harald to her more than the former passion for strife had ever done.
From Strife and Peace by Howitt, Mary (Mary Botham)
Contentions between van Noordt and his vice-admiral resulted in the latter's being marooned, and the elevation to his place of Captain Pierre de Lint, while Lambert Biesman was made captain of the "Concordia."
From History of the Philippine Islands by Robertson, James Alexander
