Vocabulary Word
Word: contention
Definition: assertion; claim; thesis; struggling; competition
Definition: assertion; claim; thesis; struggling; competition
Sentences Containing 'contention'
In the howling universe of passion and contention that seemed to encompass this grim old officer conspicuous in his gray coat and red decoration, there was but one quite steady figure, and that was a woman's.
It is not about ordinary petty matters, believe it, that all our strife and contention is, but whether, with the vulgar, we should be mad, or by the help of philosophy wise and sober, said he.
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::: indigent - poor; destitute
::: preeminent - outstanding; superior
::: perfunctory - done routinely and with little care; superficial; not thorough; lacking interest, care, or enthusiasm; Ex. perfunctory kiss
::: apposite - appropriate; fitting
::: knack - special talent; art
::: rendition - rendering; translation; artistic interpretation of a song, etc
::: sumptuous - grand suggesting great expense; lavish; rich; Ex. sumptuous feast
::: environ - enclose; surround; N. environs: surrounding area (as of a city)
