Competitor

Examples

• The country was taut and excited like an athletic competitor at the end of his training. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• Field, John Burry--and remains in extensive use as an appliance for which no substitute or competitor has been found. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• There is no hint of an enemy or competitor to them in the relics we find of their world. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• The deputy appointed by parliament is dead; another therefore must be named; I have advanced my claim, and I believe that I shall have no competitor. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
• Since a choice has to be made, we want to know the respective claims of each competitor. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
• The German business man and manufacturer again had not quite the same contempt for the man of science as had his British competitor. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• The result is not death to the unsuccessful competitor, but few or no offspring. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
• Ryland had deserted his post through fear of the plague: from the same fear Adrian had no competitor. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
• Booth and Stephenson, was the successful competitor for the prize. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
• Delagrange, his nearest competitor, acknowledged frankly that Wilbur Wright was his superior as an aviator. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
• The German competitor later on robbed that joke of its fun. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• And letting fly his arrow with a little more precaution than before, it lighted right upon that of his competitor, which it split to shivers. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
• Yet as soon as the invention was actually before the world business competitors sprang up on every hand. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
• Long ago, when he had been famous among his earliest competitors as a youth of great promise, he had followed his father to the grave. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
• I hear your May is one of the competitors. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
• In a trade so easily learnt he would have more competitors, and his wages, when he came to be a complete workman, would be much less than at present. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
• You have distanced all competitors and obtained a diploma of honor, the highest award given in the Exposition. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• McCormick fought for years to uphold his rights to the invention of the reaper, but he fought a host of competitors, and the warfare was of the guerrilla order. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
• Her relatives encouraged me; competitors piqued me; she allured me: a marriage was achieved almost before I knew where I was. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
• From the building of his factory in Chicago McCormick had been engaged in continuous lawsuits with competitors. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
• The diminished list of competitors for silvan fame still amounted to eight. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.

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