Definition of Rivaling

1. Verb. (American English) (present participle of rival) ¹

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Definition of Rivaling

1. rival [v] - See also: rival

Lexicographical Neighbors of Rivaling

ritzily
ritziness
ritzinesses
ritzy
riuer
riuers
riv'n
riva
rivadavite
rivage
rivages
rival
rivaled
rivaless
rivalesses
rivaling (current term)
rivalise
rivalised
rivalises
rivalities
rivality
rivalize
rivalized
rivalizes
rivalled
rivalless
rivalling
rivalries
rivalrous
rivalrously

Literary usage of Rivaling

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. John L. Stoddard's Lectures: Supplementary Volume[s]. by John Lawson Stoddard (1905)
"... and gemmed with cities rivaling in wealth and size the oldest in the world, and it is difficult for him to imagine that great area as ever having been ..."

2. John L. Stoddard's Lectures: Illustrated and Embellished with Views of the by John Lawson Stoddard (1905)
"He thinks of the vast continent, now teeming with the energy of millions, girded from sea to sea by many lines of railway, and gemmed with cities rivaling ..."

3. Appletons' Annual Cyclopædia and Register of Important Events of the Year (1903)
"... a brewery turning out a very tine product with the best machinery known, and a cigar factory where the guests were treated to boxes of cigars rivaling ..."

4. The Shirley Letters from California Mines in 1851-52: Being a Series of by Thomas C. Russell (1922)
"... fearful accidents, bloody deaths, whippings, hanging, an attempted suicide, etc. - A sabbath-morning walk in the hills - Miners' ditch rivaling in ..."

5. A Glimpse of Old Mexico: Being the Observations and Reflections of a by James Hepburn Wilkins (1901)
"One mine, the Santa Rosalia, located on the Gulf of California, is now rivaling the great producers of our Constructing a Pipe Line for Power. ..."

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