endeavoring

Example Sentences

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The show portrays an artist driven by an omnivorous restlessness, forever chasing and endeavoring to synthesize various artistic influences and mystical belief systems.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 31, 2026

The police released them for the evening but kept their passports, which they were endeavoring to confirm with Swiss authorities.

From Slate • Jul. 22, 2025

But by just endeavoring to put a feeling to words, Chew-Bose, Sevigny and McInerny capture the essence of “Bonjour Tristesse,” and our human desire to characterize something inexplicable.

From Salon • May 2, 2025

When Tano’s vessel twists and spins, for instance, the starspeeder attempts to mimic it, endeavoring to create the feeling of a 360-barrel roll.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 9, 2024

Privately, he explained to McMillan that “we considered the existence of a relativistic limit so important that we thought we should communicate it to cyclotronists as quickly as possible, without endeavoring to give accurate figures.”

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik