How to Use compete in a Sentence

compete

verb

• Thousands of applicants are competing for the same job.
• She competed against students from around the country.
• We are competing with companies that are twice our size.
• Did you compete in the track meet on Saturday?
• The radio and the television were both on, competing for our attention.
• At minimum, the Colts have to explore some veteran options to compete with him for the job in training camp.
  — Nate Atkins, The Indianapolis Star, 2 Feb. 2023
• Cameron is going to have four of the five highest-grossing movies of all time, at a level far beyond most any other films’ ability to compete.
  — Mark Hughes, Forbes, 26 Jan. 2023
• The two will also be competing for a scarce resource in the U.S. chip industry: workers.
  — Katie Tarasov, CNBC, 13 Dec. 2024
• Jabin Trosky, who was expected to compete for a starting spot in the infield, is scheduled to undergo surgery on his right throwing elbow.
  — Joe Freeman, oregonlive, 2 Feb. 2023
• The Farmers Branch towers are the latest offices along the tollway that are getting revamps to compete with newer buildings.
  — Dallas News, 1 Feb. 2023
• The tournament gives schools with a smaller enrollment a chance to compete for a state title outside of the regular statewide tournament in March.
  — Brendan Connelly, The Enquirer, 24 Jan. 2023
• Midshipmen and cadets will compete in four different competitions and the team that wins the most points will be honored at halftime of the football game on Saturday.
  — Kyle Feldscher, CNN, 13 Dec. 2024
• As Judge Nelson observed, the two chains have assiduously competed with each other for years, tracking each others’ prices in an effort to seize market share.
  — Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 13 Dec. 2024
• The chance to compete in the Southeastern Conference was likely a draw for Harbor, as were the climate and the relatively short distance from home.
  — Tom Schad, USA TODAY, 1 Feb. 2023
• But its ventures to compete head-on with Amazon by bringing out a Kindle-like e-book reader called Nook and selling books online from its website have never amounted to much.
  — Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 1 Feb. 2023
• Louisville track and field is among the teams scheduled to compete.
  — Brooks Warren, The Courier-Journal, 14 Jan. 2024
• To compete against him & to work with him was a blessing in my life.
  — Gary Bedore, Kansas City Star, 27 May 2024
• Teams no longer compete in eight groups of four during the group stages.
  — Ben Church, CNN, 2 Oct. 2024
• Bunny competes, among others, for Artist of the Year, Global 200 artist of the year, and tour of the year.
  — Sigal Ratner-Arias, Billboard, 12 Sep. 2024
• But solid might not be enough to compete for the title.
  — Jon Wilner, The Mercury News, 1 Mar. 2024
• But adding players to compete on the field is only part of the equation.
  — oregonlive, 4 Apr. 2023
• Players compete for points in the Mario world spread across a giant screen.
  — Asuka Kawanabe, WIRED, 21 Aug. 2024
• This one competes head-to-head with Intel's 10th gen i9.
  — Shubham Yewale, PCMAG, 30 Apr. 2024
• As a group of the court, our job is to go out there and compete and win and play and improve on a nightly basis.
  — Duane Rankin, The Arizona Republic, 8 Feb. 2023
• The winners of the semifinal games will compete for gold.
  — Kristian Winfield, New York Daily News, 26 July 2024
• Both Tania and Nyaundi will be in Boston to watch Obiri compete.
  — Scott Cacciola, New York Times, 16 Apr. 2023
• Archers compete to win each stage and to qualify for the World Cup Final.
  — Natalie Krebs, Outdoor Life, 7 Feb. 2024
• Chiles, who was waiting at the end of the vault runway to compete, jumped in the air and pulled the freshman into a tight embrace.
  — Thuc Nhi Nguyen, Los Angeles Times, 1 Apr. 2023
• Each three-member team paid a $3,500 entry fee to compete in the bee, which was held in-person for the first time in two years.
  — Breanne Kovatch, BostonGlobe.com, 1 Apr. 2023
• Great for when friends come over or for siblings who love to compete, anywhere.
  — Amy Joyce, Washington Post, 4 Dec. 2023

Last Updated: 29 Dec 2024