1 He glanced at the dirty and unpropitious corner on which they stood, with the shriek of the "elevated" and the tumult of trams and waggons contending hideously in their ears.
2 For many moments the elder sister looked upon the younger, with a countenance that wavered with powerful and contending emotions.
The Last of the Mohicans By James Fenimore CooperContext Highlight In CHAPTER 11 3 It was through this dense and dark forest that Uncas was still contending with the main body of the Hurons.
The Last of the Mohicans By James Fenimore CooperContext Highlight In CHAPTER 32 4 I have seen Mary contending with the pigs for the offal thrown into the street.
5 There were desperate lunges at these chosen spots seemingly every instant, and most of them were bandied like light toys between the contending forces.
6 The contending archers took their station in turn, at the bottom of the southern access, the distance between that station and the mark allowing full distance for what was called a shot at rovers.
7 He pressed his hand against his brow, and remained an instant gazing on the face of the humbled baron, in whose features pride was contending with shame.
8 Unscathed by the lance of his enemy, he had died a victim to the violence of his own contending passions.
9 Then Minerva assumed the form and voice of Mentor, and presently made a covenant of peace between the two contending parties.
10 A woman who could betray me for such a rival was not worth contending for; she deserved only scorn; less, however, than I, who had been her dupe.
11 It was the last yearning for life contending with the resolution of despair; then his dungeon seemed less sombre, his prospects less desperate.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre DumasContext Highlight In Chapter 15. Number 34 and Number 27. 12 Then one had to examine the contending parties, and shout oneself hoarse, knowing all the while that one could never anyway arrive at a just decision.
13 But Pacuvius Calavius, who at this time filled the office of chief magistrate, perceiving the danger, took upon himself to reconcile the contending factions.
Discourses on the First Decade of Titus Livius By Niccolo MachiavelliContext Highlight In BOOK 1: CHAPTER XLVII. 14 But, instead of manifesting an intention to contend with the successful marksman, he stood leaning on his rifle for more than a minute, like a man who was completely buried in thought.
The Last of the Mohicans By James Fenimore CooperContext Highlight In CHAPTER 29 15 But Hawkeye, whose duty led him foremost in the adventure, knew the character of those with whom he was about to contend too well to trust the treacherous quiet.
The Last of the Mohicans By James Fenimore CooperContext Highlight In CHAPTER 32