Contested is an English word. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Contested meaning
Controversial; contentious; debated.
Synonyms of Contested
Using Contested
- The main meaning on this page is: Controversial; contentious; debated.
- Useful related words include: uncontested.
- In the example corpus, contested often appears in combinations such as: contested the, hotly contested, contested in.
Example sentences (20)
According to a sun.mv news portal report, PNC contested for 90 constituencies, while main opposition Maldivian Democratic Party (MDP) contested for 89 constituencies.
She contested against seasoned politician like Sadhiarani M. Sangma of Trinamool Congress who has previously contested the seat twice unsuccessfully.
The SAD managed to secure only two of the 10 seats it contested in alliance with the BJP, which won 2 of the three seats it contested.
In 1999, when Dr. Peter Odili contested for governor and won, who and who contested against him?
Contested divorce Contested divorces mean that one of several issues are required to be heard by a judge at trial level—this is more expensive, and the parties will have to pay for a lawyer's time and preparation.
His 12 contested marks in round 17 broke his own record for the most contested marks in a game, which he set two years earlier and remains a record to this day.
The PFP won one aboriginal seat it contested under its own name, five constituency seats contested under the KMT banner, and three seats within the KMT party list.
According to a contested version of history, imperial Russia opened its doors to tens of thousands of Armenians fleeing the genocide.
According to Hanna, the officers left when no one was able to prove ownership of the contested parcel.
According to Ogbonnia, Iwuanyanwu is also Chairman, Federal Boards; Chairman, Board of Trustees of formidable political parties; contested for Nigerian presidency and Ohanaeze leadership among others.
After a war in the late 1980s and early 90s, when the region’s majority Armenian population sought to secede from the newly independent country of Azerbaijan, Nagorno-Karabakh was hotly contested by the two former Soviet republics.
All three are reportedly trying to work out a quick deal, ($) says, because a contested ballot could mean a months-long vote of members and unions.
Also on the ballot, depending on where you live, are three contested races and one that’s uncontested, to fill four spots on the Milwaukee Public School Board of Directors.
And Kenya has a history of political violence with hotly-contested elections driven by ethnic divisions and allegations of fraud.
A rescission motion to overturn the closely-contested decision was brought by councillors Jeff Whitton, Tony Mileto and Kevin Duffy on Wednesday morning.
A stout run blocker with strong contested catch ability, Mayer will be a high-volume target and immediate-impact playmaker for Green Bay.
At Barnsley, for instance, Barnes was hooked at half-time of a hotly-contested derby against Leeds in 2017 for fear he would be sent off after getting booked following a confrontation with defender Luke Ayling, who got into his head.
Beidler, who was the other finalist in the caucus selection process, embarked on an independent campaign creating the rare contested mayoral election in Lake Forest.
Bellator fighters went 5-0 on the night, and they'll look to replicate the feat later this year, when Rizin is expected to reciprocate the hospitality and travel to the U.S. for a show contested in Bellator's cage.
Blind Drawn Doubles, Men’s and Ladies’ Doubles and Men’s and Ladies’ Singles events were contested over three days commencing on Friday night.
Common combinations with contested
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- contested the 18×
- hotly contested 14×
- contested in 10×
- the contested 10×
- contested by 10×
- be contested 8×
- contested for 7×
- fiercely contested 7×
- tightly contested 7×
- who contested 6×