- present participle of strive.
striving
Example Sentences
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To children, “Spirited Away” is about a little girl striving to find a way back home, a premise as familiar as “The Wizard of Oz.”
From Salon ● Jul. 8, 2026
“As technology advances, we are striving to at least double the scale of all departments.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 26, 2026
Developers are striving to achieve fault tolerance by the end of the decade, which means building a machine that can run smoothly even when its individual parts fail or experience disruption.
From Barron's ● Jun. 22, 2026
“The problem is that parts of it are still seeking easy and quick victories, or agreements with nice promises—momentary quiet instead of striving for victory, even if there are costs in the present,” he said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 15, 2026
They weren’t striving for perfect, but managed somehow to be always excellent, the two of them bound in a deep and mutually helpful friendship, which also made a real impression on me.
From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama
