How to Use rivalry in a Sentence

rivalry

noun
  • There is a bitter rivalry between the two groups.
  • The pod will get back to what happened in The Game and the state of the rivalry in the next few days.
    — Doug Lesmerises, cleveland, 29 Nov. 2022
  • Look what restarting the rivalry did for the sport in the state.
    — Joseph Goodman | Jgoodman@al.com, al, 22 Apr. 2022
  • Will this rivalry ever return to the heights of the start of the decade?
    — Sam Lee, The Athletic, 22 Feb. 2025
  • This is the first time the rivalry will take place under the banner of the SEC.
    — Tasha Tsiaperas, Axios, 11 Oct. 2024
  • The rivalry between the two legends, both on and off the course, is well known.
    — Matt Robison, Newsweek, 25 Feb. 2025
  • Dodgers and Braves might not be a full-blown rivalry just yet.
    — Jorge Castillostaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 10 Apr. 2022
  • The Gulls have gotten the better of their rivalry with the Ontario Reign over the years.
    — Ivan Carter, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 Feb. 2022
  • Here are some of the most heated rivalries in North Texas.
    — Lia Assimakopoulos, Dallas News, 18 Sep. 2023
  • There are no great rivalries in team sports these days.
    — Mike Lupica, New York Daily News, 12 July 2025
  • But Hoare and others questioned whether the rivalry hasn’t crossed the line.
    — Scott M. Reid, Orange County Register, 25 May 2024
  • The tech rivalry between the world’s two largest economies has been heating up.
    — Michelle Toh, CNN, 18 Oct. 2023
  • For much of the bitter crosstown rivalry, the Galaxy have been closer to the bottom of the table than the top.
    — Austin Knoblauch, Los Angeles Times, 5 July 2024
  • Now, two years later, James was glad to be at the bar with his dad, despite the rivalry.
    — Marcus D. Smith, Sacramento Bee, 10 Feb. 2025
  • The Iron Bowl is now the greatest rivalry in college sports.
    — Joseph Goodman | Jgoodman@al.com, al, 22 Apr. 2022
  • But then, in a blink, Williams was introduced to the heartbreak that has come with the rivalry.
    — Chicago Tribune, 25 Nov. 2024
  • There are no red lines or rules in place to contain their rivalry.
    — David E. Sanger, New York Times, 15 Apr. 2024
  • Uncertainty is the name of the game for at least one side in this rivalry.
    — Krista Wiegand, The Conversation, 21 June 2023
  • Till then, see if your favorite team cracked the Top 25: Louisville's best rivalry is back.
    — J.l. Kirven, The Courier-Journal, 26 Apr. 2022
  • As is any hope of the true arrival of an intrastate rivalry.
    — Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 21 May 2022
  • The rivalry goes back even further While the cage match puts the pair in the spotlight, the feud between Musk and Zuckerberg is not a new one.
    — Justin Klawans, The Week, 28 June 2023
  • That was the rivalry in March when Ohio State is dealing with its first loss to Michigan in 10 years.
    — Doug Lesmerises, cleveland, 1 Apr. 2022
  • There’s plenty of alliances and rivalries that get formed along the way.
    — Yvonne Villarreal, Los Angeles Times, 30 May 2025
  • But for a rivalry to take hold, the results must be evenly matched.
    — Kevin Baxter, Los Angeles Times, 25 Feb. 2024
  • The Bulls have lost three straight and four of five, but have had the Pistons' number in this rivalry, winning 10 in a row.
    — Tyler J. Davis, Detroit Free Press, 9 Mar. 2022
  • Had the rivalry between the two teams turned into a proxy battle in a new Cold War?
    — Louisa Thomas, The New Yorker, 23 Feb. 2025
  • Hurst is also a new face to the growing rivalry between the AFC teams.
    — Michael Niziolek, cleveland, 1 Dec. 2022
  • There will always be some rivalry or dispute to keep the world on edge.
    — Brian Murphy, Washington Post, 19 July 2022
  • But at least for now, the rivalry benefits one man more than the other.
    — Kevinisha Walker, Los Angeles Times, 1 July 2023
  • Sunday’s match was the latest chapter in a rivalry that’s come to define the current era of men’s tennis.
    — Greg Rosenstein, NBC news, 13 July 2025

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