How to Use "rivalrous" with Example Sentences

1. Several research studies indicate that up to 45 % of adults have a rivalrous or distant relationship with a sibling .

2. Donors also remain intrusive , cumbersome and rivalrous in their giving .

3. Ms. qaddafi , one of the many unofficial and sometimes rivalrous qaddafi family power brokers who dominate libya 's economic and political life , said the crisis had pulled the family together " like one hand . "

4. Unless government factitiously blocks the spread of rivalrous competitive process , the endogenous strength of market process generally can restrict non-governmental monopoly effectively .