in a contest

Synonyms

game show

Examples

That is my problem with life, I just rush through it, like I'm being chased. Even things whose whole point is slowness, like drinking relaxing tea. When I drink relaxing tea I suck it down like I'm in a contest for who can drink relaxing tea the quickest. Miranda July

Now they seemed to be in a contest over who could irritate her more, and she sometimes had to remind herself that teenagers had souls. Amy Tan

I'm not in a contest. I make movies. I'm not a racehorse. George Lucas

It would certainly be more consonant to the principles of liberty which ought never to be lost sight of in a contest for liberty... James Madison

In a contest between me and a bulldog, you would say the bulldog is cuter. Sylvester Stallone

All that is worth seeing in good boxing can best be witnessed in a contest with soft gloves. Every value is called out: quickness, force, precision, foresight, readiness, pluck, and endurance. With these, the rowdy and 'rough' are not satisfied. John Boyle O'Reilly

Words in the phrase

in a contest

Close letter words and terms

in a consistent manner in a constant state of flux in a contemptuous tone in a context in a coon's age in a corner