Crossword-Solution: CONTENDERS
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| Rivals | 7 answers |
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Hint 1 meaning
One who, or that which, eats.
Hint 2 anagram
REEAT
Hint 3 another clue
greedy person
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Sentences with CONTENDERS (5)
There were several dozen contenders in the contest, some quite accomplished archers, some more or less dilettantish, and quite a few whose skills put the spectators at random hazard.
This discourse being ended, and Philinus hummed, Lysimachus began again, What sort of exercise then shall we imagine to be first? Racing, as at the Olympian games? For here in the Pythian, as every exercise comes on, all the contenders are brought in, the boy wrestlers first, then the men, and the same method is observed when the cuffers and fencers are to exercise; but there the boys perform all first, and then the men.
But to us Greeks it is of very little use, but its lack of fruit makes it appropriate for contenders in the games.
Only the presence of the "backer" and the extremely pretty and cultured "friend of the family" in "front" prevented sanguinary encounters among the male contenders for the centre of the stage.
After the end of World War II, the international guided-missile race began, with the British, Russians, and ourselves as the chief contenders.
Quotes with CONTENDERS (3)
The greatest thinker we can ever think of is Jesus Christ. He knew how to make His contenders ponder in awe
Glen Shiel, Socttish Highlands, 1296Strife abounds. King Edward of England has invaded the southern strongholds of Scotland and is pressuring King John of Scotland to abdicate. Several Scottish nobles, called Claimants, vie for his throne. The Cause divides the country, as each clan must choose and support a Claimant. Many contenders seek fortune and power, but a few seek Scotland’s independence. Only by a great force can this be achieved. However, the road to independence is…
Trippers and askers surround me, People I meet, the effect upon me of my early life or the ward andcity I live in, or the nation, The latest dates, discoveries, inventions, societies, authors oldand new, My dinner, dress, associates, looks, compliments, dues, The real or fancied indifference of some man or woman I love, The sickness of one of my folks or of myself, or ill-doing or lossor lack of money, or depressions or exaltations, Battles, the horrors of fratricidal war, th…
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Appears in: NYT.
Used 2 times in crossword archives (1980–1994).