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  • as inaspiring
  • as inrival
  • as inup-and-coming
  • as inwould-be
  • as inambitious

synonyms for most striving

  • eager
  • would-be
  • endeavoring
  • longing
  • striving
  • ambitious
  • aspirant
  • eager beaver
  • enthusiastic
  • impassioned
  • on the make
  • wishful
  • zealous
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How to use most striving in a sentence

Willoughby leaped from the walls, crossed the river, and met his death while striving to reach Meerut.
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I was striving to remember how the story went, when a slight sound outside caught my ear.
UNCANNY TALESVARIOUS
They went out of the darkness together and came back to the Earth, Leo very silent, and the Girl striving to cheer him.
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So the clouded day broke sullenly, with gusts of warm rain and red gleams of a sun striving to disperse the mists.
THE RED YEARLOUIS TRACY
And being devoid of ambition, and striving not toward accomplishment, she drew satisfaction from the work in itself.
THE AWAKENING AND SELECTED SHORT STORIESKATE CHOPIN
What has happened, Miss Delia, is that I have learnt at last the secret that my heart has been striving to tell me for weeks past.
FIRST PLAYSA. A. MILNE
"He acts—in a—a stealthy way," said Grace, striving for the exact words to express her meaning.
THE OUTDOOR GIRLS IN THE SADDLELAURA LEE HOPE
In the fifth century, however, the custom of thus striving to do vain honour to the Father of lights had become established.
THE CATACOMBS OF ROMEWILLIAM HENRY WITHROW
He insisted upon sending for the doctor, who came, striving not to yawn, but to look pleased.
LOVE'S PILGRIMAGEUPTON SINCLAIR
One felt a wistful partisanship for his snorting rival, striving for ever to accomplish the impossible.
THE DAUGHTERS OF DANAUSMONA CAIRD
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