STRIVE in a Sentence
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87 example sentences for STRIVE, such as:
1. Man errs so long as he strives.
2. She did not strive to hide them.
3. Nevertheless, men strive to know.
4. He could not strive against another.
5. I was still striving to be successful.
2. She did not strive to hide them.
3. Nevertheless, men strive to know.
4. He could not strive against another.
5. I was still striving to be successful.
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Meanings and Examples of STRIVE
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strive
v. attempt by employing effort
v. to exert much effort or energy
Classic Sentence: (73 in 5 pages)
1 We strive to be like all our brother men, for all men must be alike.
2 They must strive therefore to seem unconscious of what is going on; for conspirators who see themselves detected are driven forward by necessity and will stick at nothing.
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Context Highlight In BOOK 3: CHAPTER VI.
Context Highlight In BOOK 3: CHAPTER VI.
3 Nevertheless, men strive to know.
4 If, now, the rent fixed was reasonable, this was an incentive to the tenant to strive.
5 You are wrong; you should always strive to see clearly around you.
6 Well, I must detain you some time longer, but I will strive to make it as short as possible.
7 "Go, then, and monsieur and I will strive our best to forget your absence," replied the countess, with the same tone of deep feeling.
8 After an interval, Melanie appeared in the doorway but, strive though she might, Mammy could not see past her into the room.
9 She did not strive to hide them.
10 It was of no purpose to strive against walls.
11 He could not strive against another.
12 To-night I shall strive hard to sleep naturally.
13 Every impulse that we strive to strangle broods in the mind and poisons us.
14 Also, never do I yearn to strive for what is right as I yearn to acquire property.
15 Only to this aim can we always strive independently of circumstances.
Example Sentence:
1 The big issue in adolescence is that all kids strive for independence.
2 We must again strive to offer praise to God with the most beautiful churches.
3 Engineers strive to combine automated devices with mathematical and organizational tools to create complex systems.
4 You should always strive to achieve more, however well you have done before.
5 Two dogs strive for a bone, and a third runs away with it.
6 To strive, to seek, to find, and not to yield.
7 In education we are striving not to teach youth to make a living, but to make a life.
8 It is ill sitting at Rome and striving with the Pope.
9 I was still striving to be successful.
10 While its rooms and passages steamed with hospital smells, the drug and the pastille striving vainly to overcome the effluvia of mortality.
11 The school strives to treat pupils as individuals and to help each one to achieve their full potential.
12 Man errs so long as he strives.
13 He strives hard to keep himself very fit.
14 That school strives to be an international leader in ballet training.