All 4 Uses of
contend
in
Jane Eyre
- 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.†
Chpt 15
- My father, indeed, imposed the determination, but since his death, I have not a legitimate obstacle to contend with; some affairs settled, a successor for Morton provided, an entanglement or two of the feelings broken through or cut asunder — a last conflict with human weakness, in which I know I shall overcome, because I have vowed that I WILL overcome — and I leave Europe for the East.†
Chpt 31
- I think not; and if I were, it does not much signify; I shall never be called upon to contend for such another.†
Chpt 34
- I contended with my inward dimness of vision, before which clouds yet rolled.†
Chpt 35 *
Definition:
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(contend as in: She contended that...) to claim that something is true