striver
Example Sentences
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All would be well for the heroic striver but for the insolent judgments of “editors, curators, connoisseurs, critics, bosses, talent agents, reviewers, etc.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 9, 2026
Long before “American Idol” and its ilk, pageants were a means for a small-town striver to vault herself into a bigger world.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 10, 2025
“People know me as a striver, someone who’s always coming up with devious, clever ways around things, who then gets punched in the face by the world over and over,” Odenkirk says.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 30, 2025
In outline, it’s a familiar story of a classic American striver.
From New York Times • Nov. 22, 2023
He was himself a striver, and he sought to instill that ethos in the school.
From "Drama High" by Michael Sokolove
