Thesaurus / contending
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Still, Louis did not reply; but proofs of his contending soul convulsed the features his agitated hand tried to conceal.
THE PASTOR'S FIRE-SIDE VOL. 3 OF 4JANE PORTERNo reasons are ever given by a Committee for their decision and the contending parties are left to imagine them.
FIFTY YEARS OF RAILWAY LIFE IN ENGLAND, SCOTLAND AND IRELANDJOSEPH TATLOWLike a clarion call the note rings in my ears, amidst the din of contending views and obscure phraseology.
PRISON MEMOIRS OF AN ANARCHISTALEXANDER BERKMANThe doors of the House of Commons were again besieged by the two great contending factions of the City.
THE HISTORY OF ENGLAND FROM THE ACCESSION OF JAMES II.THOMAS BABINGTON MACAULAYThe Indian agent is the local buffer between contending forces.
MYSTERY RANCHARTHUR CHAPMANShe knew his step behind her, and the contending feelings made her heart beat hard, and she longed to run away.
RUTHELIZABETH CLEGHORN GASKELLIt darts hither and thither, angrily contending with the surrounding darkness.
PRISON MEMOIRS OF AN ANARCHISTALEXANDER BERKMANFrom Scotland would come all the saltpetre which would furnish the means of war to the fleets and armies of contending potentates.
THE HISTORY OF ENGLAND FROM THE ACCESSION OF JAMES II.THOMAS BABINGTON MACAULAYAs you are aware, I have been wading deep waters and contending with the great ones of the earth, not wholly without success.
THE WORKS OF ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON - SWANSTON EDITION VOL. 25 (OF 25)ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSONThe council I held this morning has disgusted me with everything; treason everywhere; contending interests all about me.
CATHERINE DE' MEDICIHONORE DE BALZACWORDS RELATED TO CONTENDING
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