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vying

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vy·ing  (vng)
v.
Present participle of vie.
vying [ˈvaɪɪŋ]
vb
the present participle of vie
adj
competing two vying patriarchs
Translations
vying
n → (Konkurrenz)kampf m → (for um)
vying vie
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All that nature yields was there, vying with the rarest hues.
A Lute of Jade by Cranmer-Byng, L. View in context
Wardle, each vying with the other in paying zealous and unremitting attentions to the old lady, crowded round her easy-chair, one holding her ear-trumpet, another an orange, and a third a smelling-bottle, while a fourth was busily engaged in patting and punching the pillows which were arranged for her support.
The Posthumous Papers Of The Pickwick Club by Dickens, Charles View in context
In his wake leaped his shaggy bulls, vying with one another as to which could spring the highest and which utter the most uncanny sounds.
The Son Of Tarzan by Burroughs, Edgar Rice View in context
 
 
 
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