aspired
Example Sentences
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When I graduated from college, I aspired to be a war correspondent and report on the humanitarian crises shaping our time.
From Salon ● Sep. 26, 2026
She always aspired to have lots of kids, her own mother testified, and even her career, as a labor and delivery nurse, was centered around bringing children into the world.
From Slate ● Sep. 5, 2026
Growing up a few blocks from campus, Trinidad aspired to be a veterinarian as a child.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 4, 2026
Some who had once aspired to be homeowners now see it as out of reach.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 26, 2026
The shell barges were much like the racing shells the boys aspired to sit in, but they were a few inches broader in the beam, with flatter bottoms and keels.
From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown
