rivalrous

Example Sentences

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He became a life-long friend of the future Carry On star, though Williams's published diaries reveal their relationship constantly veered between the confessional, supportive and rivalrous.

From BBC • Dec. 12, 2025

Constricted pupils and licking lips also tend to accompany such rivalrous encounters.

From Science Magazine • Oct. 25, 2023

They developed a rigidly vertical class-based society living in rivalrous city-states and led by rulers who sought guidance from, and closely identified with, a pantheon of nature-based deities.

From New York Times • Jan. 19, 2023

The most recent episode, “Too Much Birthday” — set on the occasion of Kendall’s obscenely lavish 40th birthday gala — allowed the siblings to tediously run riot with their rivalrous pathologies.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 2, 2021

These agencies and half-hidden powers were fiercely rivalrous.

From "The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage" by Philip Pullman