How to Use rivalry in a Sentence

rivalry

noun

• There is a bitter rivalry between the two groups.
• Here are some of the most heated rivalries in North Texas.
  — Lia Assimakopoulos, Dallas News, 18 Sep. 2023
• But Hoare and others questioned whether the rivalry hasn’t crossed the line.
  — Scott M. Reid, Orange County Register, 25 May 2024
• The tech rivalry between the world’s two largest economies has been heating up.
  — Michelle Toh, CNN, 18 Oct. 2023
• For much of the bitter crosstown rivalry, the Galaxy have been closer to the bottom of the table than the top.
  — Austin Knoblauch, Los Angeles Times, 5 July 2024
• There are no red lines or rules in place to contain their rivalry.
  — David E. Sanger, New York Times, 15 Apr. 2024
• Uncertainty is the name of the game for at least one side in this rivalry.
  — Krista Wiegand, The Conversation, 21 June 2023
• The rivalry goes back even further While the cage match puts the pair in the spotlight, the feud between Musk and Zuckerberg is not a new one.
  — Justin Klawans, The Week, 28 June 2023
• But for a rivalry to take hold, the results must be evenly matched.
  — Kevin Baxter, Los Angeles Times, 25 Feb. 2024
• But at least for now, the rivalry benefits one man more than the other.
  — Kevinisha Walker, Los Angeles Times, 1 July 2023
• Tromans also declined to wade in on the specifics of a rivalry.
  — Ben Weiss, Fortune Crypto, 11 May 2023
• Largely fueled by Williams, the rivalry went on for years.
  — TIME, 8 Nov. 2023
• There isn’t even, technically, a name for the rivalry ... but does there need to be?
  — Ryan Ford, Detroit Free Press, 11 June 2023
• And there are no signs of this rivalry cooling down anytime soon.
  — Chris Welch, The Verge, 11 Oct. 2023
• This one just happened to be his first defeat in the rivalry while wearing Dodger blue.
  — Jack Harris, Los Angeles Times, 22 June 2024
• This weekend's matchup marks the last time the rivalry will be played in Dallas, as the teams will only meet one more time in Fort Worth next year.
  — Leah Vann, Chron, 18 Sep. 2024
• Dan Shaughnessy has a reminder for fans about the role Riley plays in this rivalry.
  — Nicole Yang, BostonGlobe.com, 17 May 2023
• Now, the long and fiery Comets-Wave rivalry will be reignited in the conference finals.
  — Nathan Dunn, Kansas City Star, 16 Apr. 2024
• The golf leagues, which have been locked in a divisive rivalry, said the agreement would stabilize the sport.
  — Harold Maass, The Week, 16 June 2023
• That’s an in-division rival, a rivalry that goes back longer than any of us.
  — Evan Webeck, The Mercury News, 2 Apr. 2024
• In a prime time matchup and division rivalry game, that doesn’t seem likely given the stakes.
  — Ashley Bastock, cleveland, 17 Sep. 2023
• The rivalry between Japan’s and South Korea’s national baseball teams has been one of the fiercest in any sport.
  — John Yoon, New York Times, 19 Mar. 2024
• The rivalry between the United States and China has heated up.
  — Arancha González Laya, Foreign Affairs, 2 Feb. 2024
• The coach walked onto UCLA’s practice field, just days before the big rivalry game, and sidestepped questions about his fate.
  — Ben Bolch, Los Angeles Times, 13 Nov. 2023
• Crystal's been hanging on by a thread, but a weird rivalry with Annemarie left her twisting in the wind.
  — Lester Fabian Brathwaite, EW.com, 23 May 2024
• Despite the athletic rivalry, the U.S. and China don't match up in many events.
  — Sean Nevin, NBC News, 11 Aug. 2024
• The Michigan-Ohio rivalry carried into the dessert course, when Anani battled it out with Vedaa for the winning dish.
  — Lyndsay C. Green, Detroit Free Press, 19 July 2023
• But the debate about windmills, cancer, and birds even precedes the Biden/Trump rivalry.
  — Haisten Willis, Washington Examiner, 20 July 2023
• Week 2 will see the fifth edition of the pair’s rivalry renewed, but both enter with very different starts to the season.
  — Ben Morse, CNN, 15 Sep. 2024
• America's gender split is turning into a regional rivalry: men in the West, women in the East.
  — Noah Bressner, Axios, 28 Sep. 2024

Last Updated: 25 Oct 2024