Rivals, The

American  

noun

1. a comedy of manners (1775) by Richard Brinsley Sheridan.

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Example Sentences

Rivals: The company faces a long list of competitors on several fronts.

From New York Times • Mar. 24, 2019

Doris Kearns Goodwin, author of “Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln,” is scheduled to give a sold-out lecture at the museum April 13.

From Washington Times • Mar. 31, 2015

She Stoops to Conquer, The Rivals, The School for Scandal, and The Critic represent the sunny side of the Irish genius to perfection.

From The Glories of Ireland by Lennox, P. J.

"The Invasion," "The Rivals," "The Duke of Monmouth," and others which he wrote subsequently, are all far inferior when placed side by side with this great master-piece of fiction.

From Donahoe's Magazine, Volume 15, No. 1, January 1886 by Various