aspiring to
Example Sentences
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“I was like, ‘I have to write about L.A. in the 2000s because that was what we were absolutely aspiring to at all times.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 11, 2026
“Anyone aspiring to a public service career deserves to be safe. It should be fundamental.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 7, 2026
"They are what every club in England is aspiring to be," Ashton said.
From BBC ● Jun. 20, 2026
Another would sneak at night into Bradley’s dance studio; once inside, this student “borrowed” his teacher’s shoes and got to work, practicing “in solitude,” aspiring to Bradley’s elegance.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 20, 2026
Up and up it went, not weaving as it would have done with a snatching loose, but soaring, swimming, aspiring to heaven, steady, golden and superb.
From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White
