Examples of 'had to contend' in a sentence
Meaning of "had to contend"
This phrase refers to dealing with or facing a difficult or challenging situation. It implies that someone has had to confront and overcome obstacles, problems, or adversities in order to achieve a certain goal or desired outcome
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had to contend
Corporations had to contend with strong unions.
With which the settlers had to contend.
He had to contend with a disease over which medicine.
Pioneers have always had to contend with fools.
Others had to contend with growing partisan resistance.
With which we have had to contend.
Osthryth had to contend with major conflicts of loyalty.
As was the horse that had to contend with me.
I have had to contend with his lack of patience as well.
We also had a dozen prisoners who we had to contend with.
This year we had to contend with alot of rain.
Especially with everything you have had to contend with.
They also had to contend with the weather.
To restrain this immoderate weather with which we have had to contend.
They had to contend with one conclusive end result.
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Christianity has always had to contend with other worldviews.
Brazil had to contend with lack of knowledge and poor access to information.
Plenty of women in my family have had to contend with husbands in jail.
They also had to contend with playing into a blazing sub.
Concrete that the architects of this period had to contend with.
The architect had to contend with a very difficult site.
Memory invasion is simply not a crime we have ever had to contend with.
Restaurants also had to contend with higher food costs.
You can see for yourself what we have had to contend with.
Investigators also had to contend with frustrated QinetiQ employees.
All around the world democracies and citizens have had to contend with it.
Investors had to contend with higher premiums and delivery delays.
He received harshly critical letters and had to contend with demeaning remarks.
She only had to contend with collateral damage after all.
In general the larger consumers have had to contend with the largest increases.
She has had to contend with many labels over time.
This is not the first time archaeologists have had to contend with transformative technology.
Then we had to contend with something else we were not prepared for.
Drivers on the bridge also had to contend with pedestrian users.
We had to contend with two thousand infantry and two hundred cavalry.
Human beings have always had to contend with periods of famine.
She had to contend with bloating side effects of medication and surgeries.
In latter years the ground has had to contend with deteriorating facilities.
Jeremiah had to contend with nationalistic hysteria of those supporting the rebellion.
The fact is that businesses have had to contend with catastrophic tax reform.
It also had to contend with the loss of freedom this shift entailed.
The wind plays no favorites and everyone had to contend with the same conditions.
Both climbers had to contend with a strong wind in the summit area.
Those are just some of the insults we have had to contend with over the years.
Now had to contend.
This was the first heresy the Church had to contend with.
Zadeh at first had to contend with the skepticism of many colleagues.
This was the formidable polemical situation with which Tertullian had to contend.
They had to contend.
Disease was a major feature of ghetto life with which the Judenrat had to contend.
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Examples of using Contend
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Reinforcing fl exibility to contend with an uncertain environment
Some contend that indifference is not transitive
I just can not contend with that
