aspire

Example Sentences

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That could have been the end of the road in the sport, as it is for so many aspiring footballers, but the south of Scotland club had other ideas.

From BBC

Now on his own, Dunk aspires to become a hedge knight too.

From Los Angeles Times

Borrowing costs have also stayed high, making buying a house expensive for aspiring homeowners.

From MarketWatch

The other day, when the Pickled Onion was pestering me about my grammar and vocabulary and bettering myself, she asked me what I aspired to in this life.

From Literature

After decades of aspiring to remake the world along western liberal lines, the U.S. is coming to terms with limits on U.S. power, said John Lewis Gaddis, a professor of military history at Yale University.

From The Wall Street Journal