Vied can be categorized as a verb.
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| vie - compete for something; engage in a contest; measure oneself against others |
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| 1. | verb | City firms vied with each other to hire the brightest young staff. | |
| 2. | verb | A youth, who pastured his herds at a little distance and who was handsome and fond of melody, vied with her in singing: as he was a man his voice was deeper, but as he was young it was also very sweet. | |
| 3. | verb | "Around, from far and near, / the Trojans throng, and vie the captive youth to jeer." | |
| 4. | verb | Scarce stand the vessels hauled upon the beach, / and bent on marriages the young men vie / to till new settlements, while I to each / due law dispense and dwelling place supply, / when from a tainted quarter of the sky / rank vapours, gathering, on my comrades seize, / and a foul pestilence creeps down from high / on mortal limbs and standing crops and trees, / a season black with death, and pregnant with disease. | |
| 5. | verb | Some are saying reveal parties have gotten out of control, as couples vie for the most dramatic reveal and the accompanying social media attention. | |
| 6. | verb | "Around, from far and near, / the Trojans throng, and vie the captive youth to jeer." | |
| 7. | verb | Scarce stand the vessels hauled upon the beach, / and bent on marriages the young men vie / to till new settlements, while I to each / due law dispense and dwelling place supply, / when from a tainted quarter of the sky / rank vapours, gathering, on my comrades seize, / and a foul pestilence creeps down from high / on mortal limbs and standing crops and trees, / a season black with death, and pregnant with disease. | |
| 8. | verb | Some are saying reveal parties have gotten out of control, as couples vie for the most dramatic reveal and the accompanying social media attention. |
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| City firms vied with each other to hire the brightest young staff. | |
| A youth, who pastured his herds at a little distance and who was handsome and fond of melody, vied with her in singing: as he was a man his voice was deeper, but as he was young it was also very sweet. | |
| "Around, from far and near, / the Trojans throng, and vie the captive youth to jeer." | |
| Scarce stand the vessels hauled upon the beach, / and bent on marriages the young men vie / to till new settlements, while I to each / due law dispense and dwelling place supply, / when from a tainted quarter of the sky / rank vapours, gathering, on my comrades seize, / and a foul pestilence creeps down from high / on mortal limbs and standing crops and trees, / a season black with death, and pregnant with disease. | |
| Some are saying reveal parties have gotten out of control, as couples vie for the most dramatic reveal and the accompanying social media attention. | |
| "Around, from far and near, / the Trojans throng, and vie the captive youth to jeer." | |
| Scarce stand the vessels hauled upon the beach, / and bent on marriages the young men vie / to till new settlements, while I to each / due law dispense and dwelling place supply, / when from a tainted quarter of the sky / rank vapours, gathering, on my comrades seize, / and a foul pestilence creeps down from high / on mortal limbs and standing crops and trees, / a season black with death, and pregnant with disease. | |
| Some are saying reveal parties have gotten out of control, as couples vie for the most dramatic reveal and the accompanying social media attention. | |