endeavored

VERB

attempt to achieve something

Synonyms

STRONGEST

aspire bid for strive take pains undertake

STRONG

address aim apply assay buck determine dig essay grind hassle hump hustle intend labor offer plug purpose push risk scratch seek strain struggle sweat try venture

WEAK

do one's best drive at go for go for broke hammer away have a crack have a shot at have a swing at make a run at make an effort peg away pour it on take on

Antonyms

STRONGEST

forget

STRONG

conceal hide idle ignore laze neglect overlook pass rest withhold

WEAK

be idle procrastinate put off

Example Sentences

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He came and gave me—unsolicited, mind—"a little eagerly, "a detailed account of Bunning-Ford's circumstances, and—" "Endeavored to bully you into sending him about his business.

From The Story of the Foss River Ranch A Tale of the Northwest by Cullum, Ridgwell

Seven miles to Bridgeport, which we made easily by 4 P. M. Endeavored to buy our supper, but the hungry boys of the 1st and 2nd Brigades had cleared the town.

From An Artilleryman's Diary by Jones, Jenkins Lloyd

I also Endeavored to procure him some Buyers for the Muslings and Callicos.

From Privateering and Piracy in the Colonial Period Illustrative Documents by Jameson, J. Franklin (John Franklin)

Endeavored to make out her name, but could not be sure of it.

From The Works of Edgar Allan Poe — Volume 1 by Willis, Nathaniel Parker