strive
Example Sentences
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"Doing the right thing has always been my motivation and will strive to get things done without diversion or delay", he said.
From BBC • May 16, 2026
“I think there’s a happy medium, and they ought to strive for that.”
From The Wall Street Journal • May 12, 2026
“From the beginning, we always strive to support the whole player. Physically, mentally, emotionally, psychologically,” said Julie Uhrman, one of Angel City’s founders and now a principal adviser to the team.
From Los Angeles Times • May 10, 2026
These aspirations speak to customers’ greatest desires, their dreams for the future, and their conceptions of who they are and who they strive to be.
From MarketWatch • Mar. 27, 2026
One can be, indeed one must strive to become, tough and philosophical concerning destruction and death, for this is what most of mankind has been best at since we have heard of man.
From "The Fire Next Time" by James Baldwin
Vocabulary lists containing strive
The Watsons Go to Birmingham
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"The Hill We Climb," by Amanda Gorman
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