How To Use Rivalry In A Sentence

The new textbooks de-emphasize dynastic change, peasant struggle, ethnic rivalry and war, some critics say, because the leadership does not want people thinking that such things matter a great deal.
If the rivalry pwnage wasn't at tragic levels going into last year, it certainly is now.
It is in the early days of the rivalry that Hayes digs up the most interesting stories, such as when Cardiff's Burton scored with an extravagant scissors kick and was congratulated by players from both teams.
Rivalry is a groundswell word, suggesting turbulence by its very sound.
Football's most elemental rivalry was providing the defining classic of the genre.

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This rivalry had involved civil wars, peasant uprisings, and religious strife of every description.
Still less do we need to try and settle that rivalry by calling one of them real and the others more or less illusory.
Despite the rivalry, he insists he is still good muckers with Amis, who he thinks receives an inexplicably hostile press, and Barnes, who he says has been in hiding finishing a novel.
It is in the early days of the rivalry that Hayes digs up the most interesting stories, such as when Cardiff's Burton scored with an extravagant scissors kick and was congratulated by players from both teams.
Fists fly as Eagles sink Sharks THEIR bitter rivalry was born out of the code's most brutal grand final 37 years ago and last night beachboy combatants Cronulla and Manly wound back the clock as the fists flew again in the Sea Eagles '18-4 trial match win. AustralianIT.com.au | Top Stories
Rivalry between brothers is a central theme of Genesis, fueled always by favoritism and preference for the second-born.
Our rivalry in the old days was the silliness of youth. The Sun
Hopping from heist to heist, with the fuzz getting ever closer, the rivalry that has flared escalates and the cracks in this already untenable threesome begin to widen.
Police said the carport is a hangout for the Muhammad family street gang, which has a rivalry with the Dog Pound. Home
Despite John's objections to psychological explanations, the mother functions as the sexualized prize and arbiter in this fraternal rivalry when the brothers come to blows on her doorstep.
What emerges is a complex picture of family rivalry.
Though one was a Democrat and the other a Republican, the rivalry over which one would move up first was cordial.
Among this group, friendly rivalry gave rise to creative innovation, and most carvers refined their skills.
Scotland can look forward to two decades of friendly goalkeeping rivalry from youngsters Craig Gordon and David Marshall, writes Douglas Alexander
Sketching the plot of the film calls to mind any number of archetypal/hackneyed tales of fraternal rivalry, flight from danger, coming of age, and so on.
The four types of goods or amenities, according to their property of rivalry/non-rivalry and excludability/non-excludability are represented in Table 1. Microeconomics and the environment
It was Allen who fired this rivalry with real passion.
The choreography evokes the ladies' specialties, their lethally polite rivalry, and, most important, the filigreed yet dazzling nature of Romantic-era technique.
The demands put on them are ratcheted up at regular intervals and competition and rivalry for internal empires is encouraged. SHOPPED: The Shocking Power of British Supermarkets
There has always been intense rivalry between New Zealand and Australia.
The rivalry and interaction between advanced capitalist economies is a feature of this theoretical framework which is absent from world-system theories.
His main feelings were rivalry with Wallace ” the feeling of rivalry was very strong in him ” and being "terribly anxious" that Wallace would "forestall" him (he was also anxious because of illness and death in his family). Darwin's Complaint
Their rivalry has been friendly but enduring. Times, Sunday Times
The political entities of the twentieth century are the survivors of a ferocious rivalry.
But there's no doubt that rivalry between departments, turf issues and general distrust between colleagues jeopardise the progress of a company. Times, Sunday Times
Stand to Reason uses the term sibling rivalry to describe conflicting arguments used by the same party. 4Simpsons Blog - Eternity Matters
Still the only youth regatta in the UK to focus on keelboat racing rather than dinghies, the event has a rich tradition of nurturing friendly rivalry, bringing through some of the top Scottish sailors.
Just because sibling rivalry is normal doesn't mean you should ignore it.
Theirs was a complex relationship, alternating between filial indulgence and collegial rivalry.
Overall, the environment promotes continued interservice rivalry, but the delineator between productive competition and unhealthy contention is ethics.
The sliest of them may be a series of line drawings spoofing the long-standing rivalry between the playwright Frank Chin and the novelist Maxine Hong Kingston. Karen Tei Yamashita's "I Hotel" is a finalist for the National Book Award
Their rivalry had been one of friendly competition and challenging each other to go to the extreme.
The Cubs-Sox rivalries is one of if not the greatest rivalry in Baseball. Everybody is a Star
No rivalry in Indian cricket was as intense yet as free from rancour as that between Kunderan and Faroukh Engineer.
He recalled the flaring rivalry that had ended in his defeat, the competition of gifts and treats .... Mr. Britling Sees It Through
I remember the Boxing Day matches between the two clubs and the fierce rivalry they generated.
Finding a new platform to express their long-standing rivalry, both Britain and France opted out of judging for medals.
Anyone who lives in either Rosses Point or Strandhill knows that there was always a bit of friendly rivalry between the seaside villages down through the years.
It is an essential accessory for any testy superpower rivalry. Times, Sunday Times
This is a competition that creates friendly rivalry among the participants and the judging is anticipated with great enthusiasm.
Officials anticipate that rivalry between leaders of the various drug factions could erupt into full scale war.
There was also the perhaps unspoken rivalry between the two great discoverers of this art form.
Gordon: Sis, why don't we have a sibling rivalry?
Australia and New Zealand renew their fierce rivalry today with the fallout from one of the darkest moments in cricket still souring their relations.
The film also shows some behavior not seen before, especially the rivalry between leopards and hyenas.
He told them droll stories, incited their rivalry in study by instituting prizes for which they struggled monthly, and, in short, metamorphosed his department. Stories by American Authors, Volume 6
This does not mean, however, that the jockeying for advantage between these two bourgeoisies has ended, nor that the threat that their rivalry could spin out of control and into a conflagration has been lifted.
Banks and building societies are engaging in a ferocious rivalry to win the custom of people with big deposits and good credit ratings. Times, Sunday Times
There was an intense rivalry between the Brazilian and Italian teams.
This is why the dualistic divide between pro and anti-communists has always appeared to me as a simplistic product of the rivalry between (what once were) the two superpowers.
Their rivalry is fierce but loyalty is second to none. The Sun
Thus, rivalry was built into the structure of material life that underpinned the economy of production and exchange.
The bad blood may have drained away but their rivalry is still there. The Sun
The rivalry and interaction between advanced capitalist economies is a feature of this theoretical framework which is absent from world-system theories.
Because of interservice rivalry, the Army sent FDR reports from Magic on odd-numbered months, the Navy sent them on the even-numbered ones. Wild Bill Donovan
The rivalry between the European colonial powers in Africa reached a peak in these unclaimed and unexplored regions of the equatorial belt.
Rochdale's shopping bosses say the Christmas campaign is an example of friendly rivalry between the two towns.
Rather than impose a strict chronology, the book jumps entertainingly between eras and features all the great names of this fabled rivalry. Times, Sunday Times
Vancouverites wage a private war against Torontonians in a storm of jealousy and rivalry of which Toronto is completely unaware.
Their rivalry is fierce but loyalty is second to none. The Sun
Extra security staff and police have been placed on duty at Edgbaston to supervise cricket's fiercest rivalry, their minds concentrated by the scenes of Antipodean unruliness witnessed at The Oval on Thursday.
But other desires kept them active: four in particular, which we can label acquisitiveness, rivalry, vanity, and love of power. Bertrand Russell - Nobel Lecture
For a state to thrive in such circumstances of rivalry required, in Mr. Fuku yama's view, a form of "state-building.
Are India and China, the world's newest great powers, condemned to inevitable rivalry?
Despite dismissing its leading scorer from the team a day earlier for undisclosed reasons, West Aurora's victory puts them in the lead 127-86 in their basketball rivalry with the 213th game. Archive 2010-01-01
No rivalry in Indian cricket was as intense yet as free from rancour as that between Kunderan and Faroukh Engineer.
He had overcome the rivalry of his son and felt that he fully deserved the expensive lifestyle he enjoyed with Mary.
If the nation is threatened with a national crisis, traditional political rivalry is suspended and all parties work together in the interest of national unity.
Banks and building societies are engaging in a ferocious rivalry to win the custom of people with big deposits and good credit ratings. Times, Sunday Times
In real life, positive and negative oedipal relations, and guilt about these relations often remain hidden behind sibling rivalry.
For a moment their flashing orbs vied in regal rivalry; but at length the spirit of the mere animal yielded to the genius of the man. A Review of 'Alroy'
Nevertheless, the intense rivalry between France, England, and the empire, compounded by heightened religious tensions and the nervousness of Rome, lent the Scottish king unwonted diplomatic weight.
With so many new stables in the North Kerry area in recent times there will be very keen local rivalry in the event which should add spice to the proceedings.
Different situations, and momentaneous scrimmages brought about this rivalry, and consequently led to many wars between the natives and settlers in the years to come.
Sibling rivalry often causes parents anxieties.
There has always been intense rivalry between New Zealand and Australia.
She had never overcome her feelings of sibling rivalry .
Judy and Bubbles battle and evolve, through their rivalry, into a respectful and comradely self-awareness that bypasses and undercuts their earlier competition over men.
All sport thrives on rivalry that teeters on the brink of animosity. Times, Sunday Times
Fearing that in comparison to them he can not win his parents' love and esteem is what inflames sibling rivalry.
The rivalry and interaction between advanced capitalist economies is a feature of this theoretical framework which is absent from world-system theories.
He will also renew a friendly rivalry with Susie, which goes back to their time in karting.
You throw out all the record books and rankings in intrastate rivalry games like this. USATODAY.com
Could it not be the case that my anger was also mingled with feelings of jealousy, rivalry or envy?
In between the performers deal with layers of competition, rivalry, intimacy and trust that can influence relationships between men of any age. Times, Sunday Times
The two have a rivalry going back years. Times, Sunday Times
But then rivalry between highly strung tenors (or sopranos ) is hardly new. Times, Sunday Times
He added that the rivalry between the two superpowers was more than just about medals. Times, Sunday Times
But inter-county rivalry will be of secondary importance for the 23-year-old World Student Games bronze medallist.
The bad blood may have drained away but their rivalry is still there. The Sun
Despite their bitter screen rivalry, off-stage they are close friends.
It followed that from the first I viewed him with a strange mixture of rivalry and affection; ready at one moment to quarrel with him and beat him for a misword, and the next to let him beat me if it pleased him. In Kings' Byways
While it may be tempting to blame these killings on some extreme form of sibling rivalry, most cases of fratricide or sororicide defy such a simplistic explanation.
You wish us to imbue your boys and girls with ideal standards of life, but all too often we see them, having left our schools and colleges, full of the knightly chivalry of youth, torn in the world of business between the ideal of Christlikeness and the selfish rivalry of commercial conflict. Christianity and Progress
The fans have a history of bitter rivalry but it was not clear what sparked the trouble. The Sun
Canada's three major cities appear to be in some kind of rivalry with one another.
The rivalry between medical approaches was less extreme in Canada, and historians such as Connor stress the relative tolerance and integrationist approach of homeopaths and allopathic practitioners in the Victorian period.
The new textbooks de-emphasize dynastic change, peasant struggle, ethnic rivalry and war, some critics say, because the leadership does not want people thinking that such things matter a great deal.
There's, sort of, six people who know what we do, and I feel a kinship to them, as opposed to a rivalry.
This is his third game in this rivalry. The Sun
The transatlantic rivalry that has already begun will inevitably intensify.
Literary rivalry raised the stakes in the unfolding family romance.
Monopoly capitalism, in this sense, was inseparable from interimperialist rivalry, manifested primarily in the form of a struggle for global markets.
An ex-con takes a job as a ballast driver and encounters a world of dangerous conditions, murderous rivalry and corruption.
Their rivalry is fierce but loyalty is second to none. The Sun
When Mrs. Radcliffe, at the date definitely given of 1584, talks about "the Parisian opera," represents a French girl of the sixteenth century as being "instructed in the English poets," and talks about driving in a "landau," the individual blunders are, perhaps, not more violent than those of the chronology by which Scott's Ulrica is apparently a girl at the time of the Conquest and a woman, not too old to be the object of rivalry between Front de Boeuf and his father, not long before the reign of Richard I. The English Novel
The rivalry and interaction between advanced capitalist economies is a feature of this theoretical framework which is absent from world-system theories.
Openness to other cultures and the future gave way to inward-looking rivalry and mediocrity, as a closed tribal mentality reasserted itself.
In our view, the misdating of the Baptistery was not just a blind spot in an otherwise lucid vision of the past, a breakdown of rationality explained by local patriotism and rivalry with Rome's antiquity.
The rivalry between Fabius and Rocard had been a major component of the party's internal problems.
The lifelong rivalry of cosmetics queens Elizabeth Arden and Helena Rubinstein makes for riveting reading.
Call it small minded and petty, or just a harmless example of traditional rivalry, but the majority of Scots will take great pleasure in watching England under-achieve in the Far East.
Acer's move intensifies its long - standing rivalry with its Chinese competitor.
Sibling rivalry?" she asked, frowning at his use of psychological terms.
If there was a league table of football rivalry, the hatred between Mancs and Scousers would be right up there.
Yet out of all the details of rivalry between Guelf and Ghibelline, between French and German, between Angevin and Byzantine, there emerges an image as crystalline as a painting by Van Eyck. The Sicilian Vespers, by Sir Steven Runciman
Seen from the side a battle is a struggle and a rivalry between the sides that use artillery fire, swift maneuvers and lightning strikes.
And now commenced a tremendous rivalry between these two doughty commanders, striving to outstrut and outswell each other, like a couple of belligerent turkey-cocks. Knickerbocker's History of New York, Complete
The aftermath of the Cold War produced renewed interservice rivalry over allocation of roles, missions, and budgetary shares.
The comments will certainly crank up the already intense rivalry between the two teams. The Sun
This triggered a rivalry between Carrara and the town of Pietrasanta (in whose territory Monte Altissimo lay) that reverberates to this day.
The message will come better from them and won't be seen as sibling rivalry. The Sun
First there would be a parade through Brooklyn, the hoopla and buzz of a city overwhelmed by an interborough rivalry, and Snider later acknowledged it got in his head. My Bat Boy Days
There can be much enmity, rivalry and bullying between siblings. Times, Sunday Times
He focuses more on artists' insecurities and generational rivalry than on unrequited love. Times, Sunday Times
All these reasons for rivalry crystallized round the two sides' violent disagreement on the abolition of slavery.
Jealousy, rivalry and conflicting ideals help to tear the pair apart. Times, Sunday Times
James is two behind Mullin, but the friendly rivalry is set to inspire the duo to bigger and better things for the rest of the season.
But local issues and clan loyalties blunted the rivalry.
If it's a ‘rivalry’ match-up, there's the chance he may halt it in a tie and leave 32,000 fans with a shred of dignity.
Franco-American institutional rivalry led to the initial dispatch of two naval forces to the Adriatic, one under Nato and one under WEU, each commanded by Italian admirals.
The matter is often thought to be an issue of rivalry or dominance between different species within the same family.
The race mixed the traditional rowing rivalry between Oxford and Cambridge and saw seven boats take to the channel to race the 21-mile stretch from Great Britain to France.
World Cup fever in Argentina fizzled out into muted silence as England claimed victory in the latest chapter of a fierce soccer rivalry stretching back decades.
There has always been a fierce rivalry between the two clubs.
But there's no doubt that rivalry between departments, turf issues and general distrust between colleagues jeopardise the progress of a company. Times, Sunday Times
Such sharpened personal and professional rivalry means there's no certainly no shortage of gossip for old biddies under the dryer.
There was naught but envy and dissension between them, a sharp rivalry that lasted the whole of their lives. HERE BE DRAGONS
In an unfortunate spirit of jealous rivalry, the various denominational colleges were not slow in seizing the opportunity to attack the commonwealth's unsectarian college.
Considering they're cousins I've never seen a more viperish attack of sibling rivalry ever.
Were they connected once and split, and how active or malicious or understandable is their rivalry? "And their eyes change as they learn to see through flame."
The same can be true of ideological differences, with the personal rivalry in place long before the policy fissure that maps on to it.
The two companies had regularly sniped at each other throughout their 30-year rivalry, but the 1992 concord was something of a sacred cow.
This rivalry serves as a subject worth great discussion due to the political symbolism each team represents and the history which divides the collected fans.
The success of these talks is important for both countries and hence is likely to mitigate their military rivalry.
The fourteenth century is interesting for the awakening, especially in Italy, of literature and art; for the wars between the French and English, and the English and the Scots; for the rivalry between the Italian republics; for the efforts of Rienzi to establish popular freedom at Rome; for the insurrection of the Flemish weavers, under the Van Arteveldes, against their feudal oppressors; for the terrible "Jacquerie" in Paris; for the insurrection of Wat Beacon Lights of History
The term "sibling rivalry" refers to a constellation of feelings.
As we got older, our rivalry went from just being competitive to becoming extremely violent.
The hope had been that their rivalry and competitive edge would ignite a spark between them.
Banks and building societies are engaging in a ferocious rivalry to win the custom of people with big deposits and good credit ratings. Times, Sunday Times
A bad case of sibling rivalry, it seems.
The contrast between the two men was as profound as their rivalry was to become.
There was rivalry but the visceral hatred of today did not exist. Times, Sunday Times
The vitality of Latin was doomed to wane before the rivalry of the vernacular tongue.
One brother talks about the sibling rivalry growing up. Times, Sunday Times
Since Innocent eventually won that rivalry and was recognized as the legitimate pope, Roger came to be painted as a usurper and a tyrant.
The rain dampened spirits for the rivalry game, with thousands of fans hiding in the stadium walkways or wrapping up in ponchos. USATODAY.com - College Football - Southern Cal vs. California
Judith told the congregation that there had been great rivalry between church and chapel in the village in the past but the relationship today was friendly and fruitful.
Officials anticipate that rivalry between leaders of the various drug factions could erupt into full scale war.
Before the First World War, Belgian political life was dominated by rivalry between Catholics and the nonconfessional and at times anticlerical Liberals.
But inter-county rivalry will be of secondary importance for the 23-year-old World Student Games bronze medallist.
And everyone is set to benefit because the hotbed of gardening rivalry will ensure the town is adorned with colour.
Rather than impose a strict chronology, the book jumps entertainingly between eras and features all the great names of this fabled rivalry. Times, Sunday Times
She also had a great interest in current affairs and the friendly rivalry that went with the clashes of Mayo and Roscommon football.
Frank J. Sulloway in his Born to Rebel: Birth Order, Family Dynamics and Creative Lives (New York: Random House, 1996) gives a paragraph to the Díaz brothers (273) and throughout his book refers to fratricide and sibling rivalry. Bloodlust
The rivalry between the two bosses is viewed as a good public relations exercise.
A state of rivalry In 1710, Sweden defeated Denmark at the Battle of Helsingborg, and the Danish Crown lost its last bid for land on the Scandinavian Peninsula. Serious and Silly Filmmaking in Denmark
The surprise leaks and backstairs briefings are familiar after six years in government, as is the whiff of intrigue and rivalry between the Prime Minister and the Chancellor.
The rivalry is great - to be sure to get a place in the orchestra, the young musician has to win one of the prizes.
They're middleaged men and their sibling rivalry is tiresome. The Sun
Although rivalry was intense between the two clubs, she always showed an interest in how my children were getting on and always asked after them.
Consequently there is a persistent rivalry among humans in their quest to possess it.
There is a certain amount of friendly rivalry between the teams.
Ilona Domnich and Betabée Haas relished the wonderfully silly vocal rivalry in The Impresario, the swooning portamenti of one's ‘adagio, adagio!’
Sunday's renewal of rivalry should be no exception.
Calderón defies rivalry: his intense devotion, his subtle intelligence, his sublime lyrism all combine to produce such marvels of allegorical poetry as Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 4 "Bulgaria" to "Calgary"
It is also that he has fully embraced the sporting rivalry between the mother country and the far-flung descendants of its Victorian criminals. The Sun
Nor are women so fixated by visual cues, so obsessed with physical rivalry.
None of them showed a scintilla of professional rivalry.
Her quiet words and calm demeanor reminded him more of their time as friends then this rivalry they now had going on.
The pair put their friendly rivalry behind them to help launch the 2002 National Children's Day Ribena Best Teacher in Ireland award.
The Navy-Notre Dame rivalry is the longest continuous intersectional rivalry in college football with the two schools having met every year since 1927. Dublin's Aviva Stadium will host Navy-Notre Dame football game
Every good rivalry is marked by begrudgery, is almost defined by it.
Always a heated rivalry, this Friday tilt could shape up to be a playoff matchup preview.
And while the north west - with its chirpy Mancs and Scousers - expects to come out on top, it faces rivalry from the Geordies and Cockneys.
Those who've seen Michael Winterbottom's film A Cock and Bull Story, a surreal treatment of Laurence Sterne's Tristram Shandy, will recall the droll rivalry of Rob Brydon and Steve Coogan, playing themselves when the periwigs came off. The Independent - Frontpage RSS Feed
The inter-city rivalry between two large camps of supporters will add an edge to what promises to be an enthralling evening.
Rivalry between them is unnecessary and tends to disappear once each fully comprehends the other's role.
Sibling rivalry is part of the original sin.
Decidedly, he understood life, the young 'confrere'; he might be called in consultation with his heavy appearance and careless toilet, there was no danger of rivalry. The French Immortals Series — Complete
Contrary to my expectations, there was no rivalry between the entrants.
Inasmuch as the contest was a traditional rivalry, both sides went halvers for a $10 umpire from Memphis, Tenn.
And with Obama's job approval numbers at their current levels, another term for McCain could well provide the Senator a chance to fan the flames of a 2008 rivalry and continue on his politically expedient ideological march rightwards. The Real McCain, A Shape-Shifter And Self-Preservationist: Vanity Fair
Therefore, US-Japanese economic rivalry for the Chinese market is likely to intensify.
There is long-running rivalry between the two teams which has escalated into violence more than once.

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