All 9 Uses of
contend
in
The Count of Monte Cristo
- He was a fine, tall, slim young fellow of eighteen or twenty, with black eyes, and hair as dark as a raven's wing; and his whole appearance bespoke that calmness and resolution peculiar to men accustomed from their cradle to contend with danger.†
Chpt 1-2
- The inspector could not contend against this accusation; he simply wrote,—"Nothing to be done."†
Chpt 13-14
- It was the last yearning for life contending with the resolution of despair; then his dungeon seemed less sombre, his prospects less desperate.†
Chpt 15-16
- "Too true, too true!" ejaculated Caderousse, almost suffocated by the contending passions which assailed him, "the poor old man did die."†
Chpt 25-26
- …long reeds and tall trees, their lowing oxen and marvellous skies; Delacroix's Arabian cavaliers, with their long white burnouses, their shining belts, their damasked arms, their horses, who tore each other with their teeth while their riders contended fiercely with their maces; aquarelles of Boulanger, representing Notre Dame de Paris with that vigor that makes the artist the rival of the poet; there were paintings by Diaz, who makes his flowers more beautiful than flowers, his suns…†
Chpt 41-42
- The boy triumphed, and this victory rendered him so audacious, that all the money of Assunta, whose affection for him seemed to increase as he became more unworthy of it, was spent in caprices she knew not how to contend against, and follies she had not the courage to prevent.†
Chpt 43-44
- There are such in the world, and God will doubtless reward them in heaven for their resignation on earth, but those who mean to contend must not lose one precious moment, but must return immediately the blow which fortune strikes.†
Chpt 73-74
- " "You will then submit to what fate decrees for you without even attempting to contend with it?" said Morrel sorrowfully.†
Chpt 73-74
- Villefort ceased to contend; he only groaned.†
Chpt 79-80 *
Definition:
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(contend as in: She contended that...) to claim that something is true