rival
noun
a person who is competing for the same object or goal as another, or who tries to equal or outdo another; competitor.
had rivalled
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past perfectof rival.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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But Pocahontas's eyes, keener than even in the days when they had rivalled her brother's in following in play the trail the pursued did his best to cover up, were never long at fault.
From The Princess Pocahontas by George Wharton Edwards
He raised his head; but he in vain struggled to restore composure to the brow which had confronted the frown of Sylla, and the lips which had rivalled the eloquence of Cicero.
From Miscellaneous Writings and Speeches — Volume 1 by Thomas Babington Macaulay, Baron Macaulay
Since the abdication, the peers and deputies had rivalled each other, in their zeal and endeavours, to put France into a state, to awe its enemies at home and abroad.
From Memoirs of the Private Life, Return, and Reign of Napoleon in 1815, Vol. II by Pierre Alexandre Édouard, baron Fleury de Chaboulon
Madge came home in a great state of exultation; though Lois was almost indignant to find that the place and the people had rivalled the performance in producing it.
From Nobody by Susan Warner
Mrs. Ross's garden-party had rivalled Mrs. Charrington's, and there had been a succession of picnics, driving parties, and small select dinners at all the Hill houses.
From Lover or Friend by Rosa Nouchette Carey
