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compete for something- "Herr Doktor," I called, feeling like someone in a mo vie.Don DeLillo -- White Noise
- Our kind host greeted them most warmly, and he and his officers vied with one another in doing us honour.Johann Wyss -- The Swiss Family Robinson
- Barely listening to the music, she watched the frenzy of insects flitting around the light, vying to kill themselves.Arundhati Roy -- The God of Small Things
- Poor you, you have two cute girls vying for your love.Cassandra Clare -- City of Glass
- The Vengeance and Jacques Three vied with each other in their fervent protestations that she was the most admirable and marvellous of witnesses.Charles Dickens -- A Tale of Two Cities
- Each man "seemed to vie with the other in pressing forward," Washington wrote.David G. McCullough -- 1776
- You know, les petites miseres de la vie humaine," he said, as it were apologizing to the princess.Leo Tolstoy -- Anna Karenina
- Each one vied with the rest in saluting her as Madame la Baronne.Victor Hugo -- Les Miserables
- The nursery tale could not vie with Her in simplicity, the wisest theologians could not match Her in profundity.Willa Cather -- Death Comes for the Archbishop
- There was much pushing and shoving as the meerkats behind vied to reach the pond's edge.Yann Martel -- Life of Pi
- Fortunately, these did not include having to wait in lines or jostle among the many carriages and palanquins that vied for entrance to the upper halls.Henry H. Neff -- The Fiend And The Forge
- Indian paint-brush vied in its scarlet hue with the deep magenta of cactus.Zane Grey -- The Rainbow Trail
- Inspired by Fred and George's example, a great number of students were now vying for the newly vacant positions of Troublemakers-in-Chief.J.K. Rowling -- Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
- I will be a shieldmaiden no longer, nor vie with the great Riders, nor take joy only in the songs of slaying.J.R.R. Tolkien -- The Return of the King
- Rage and disgust fought in my throat, vying for the right to make me throw up.Rick Riordan -- The Hidden Oracle
- In both countries, political struggles accompanied independence, old and new elites vying for control of the state.Tracy Kidder -- Strength in What Remains
- "Anyway," Chaol added, jerking his chin at Dorian, "I think you have far more attractive suitors vying for your attention.Sarah J. Maas -- Throne of Glass
- In classic sniper style, Vie is reticent, unobtrusive.Neal Stephenson -- Snow Crash
- ] Out, thou chameleon harlot! now thine eyes Vie tears with the hyaena.Ben Jonson -- Volpone
- A grim, deadly hate of Beasley vied with the tenderness and pity he felt for this distressed girl.Zane Grey -- The Man of the Forest
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