5 example sentences using contention.
Contention used in a sentence
Contention in a sentence as a noun
"Yes, and my contention is that it will never be enough.
Semmelweis' contention was that "cadaveric particles" were making their way into patients, and that those particles could only be removed by lime.
Court dismissed contention that linking constituted copyright violation, because there was no literal copying.
But the idea that the undergraduate experience is marvelous and the idea that the undergraduate experience needs a lot of fixing are not necessarily in contention with one another.
My contention is that he appropriated other people's original ideas, and other people implemented his modifications.
Contention definitions
a point asserted as part of an argument
a contentious speech act; a dispute where there is strong disagreement; "they were involved in a violent argument"
See also: controversy contestation disputation disceptation tilt argument arguing
the act of competing as for profit or a prize; "the teams were in fierce contention for first place"
See also: competition rivalry