Rivals

Examples

• They were scheming to outdo one another, to rob weaker contemporaries, to destroy rivals, so that they might for a brief interval swagger. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• At every court there were groups of ministers and secretaries who played a Machiavellian game against their foreign rivals. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• He was determined to make a fortune out of cotton-spinning, and he did, in spite of the loss of his patents, and the rivals who were always pursuing him. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
• Come, we will not be rivals, we will be friends, he pursued. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
• They knew their rivals were unscrupulous, and were in fact already trying their best to prejudice the minds of the more conservative Georgia cotton-growers against them. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
• The envy of rivals soon spread false reports about him, and the professors at Pisa refused to accept the results of his studies. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
• As there were not enough of his gins ready rivals were pushing their inferior machines. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
• The play--a mere trifle--ran chiefly on the efforts of a brace of rivals to gain the hand of a fair coquette. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
• Judges were appointed to decide as to the merits of the different machines, and in most of the tests McCormick’s reaper outdistanced all its rivals. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
• She took the congratulations of her rivals and of the rest of the company with the simplicity that was her crowning grace. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
• This free competition, too, obliges all bankers to be more liberal in their dealings with their customers, lest their rivals should carry them away. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
• Oh, said Archer, I have so many rivals; you see she's already surrounded. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
• The stars are not the rivals of the sun. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
• The State that rivals Virginia as a Mother of Presidents has evidently other titles to distinction of the same nature. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• He was scheming to make himself a real emperor, with a crown upon his head and all his rivals and school-fellows and friends at his feet. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• His rivals combined and raised a great fund to defeat his claims. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
• With the invention of the twine-binder the patent war burst out afresh, and again the courts were called upon for decisions between the rivals. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
• The manufacturers of a rich nation, in the same manner, may no doubt be very dangerous rivals to those of their neighbours. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
• He would instruct his agents to issue invitations to his rivals to meet him in competition. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
• Like her rivals, said Mr. Sillerton Jackson, with the air of producing an epigram. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
• They were not lofty, but having no rivals near, they looked well and imposing where they grew. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.

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