strive

[straɪv]

Definition:
1. Attempt by employing effort.
2. To exert much effort or energy.

Use 'strive' in a sentence:

1. These symbols of distinction assure us and others that we believe strongly in the fundamental equality of all, yet strive as hard as we can to separate ourselves from our fellow citizens.
2. Skip the labels, watch what you buy, and strive for goodness, no matter where you find it.
3. You may strive to be like them,
4. The road ahead is long; striving is the only way forward.
5. Wellness may perhaps best be viewed not as a state that people can achieve, but as an ideal that people can strive for.
6. Don't strive merely for quantity of production.
7. That's really what the writer intends to say, and that's what we should strive to understand.
8. While it is impossible to eliminate this format of questioning, attorneys should strive for simplicity in speech when an interpreter is used.
9. For all of these dimensions, you should strive for increasing your endurance and your strength.
10. Only when everyone strive for their own dreams can we realize the Chinese Dream.
11. As far as quality is concerned, we must not make do with what we have, but must constantly strive for excellence.
12. The enterprise for which we are striving hard will certainly succeed.
13. Conscientious journalists from all media should strive to serve the public with throughness and honesty.
14. We strive in races, sir, to see who of us shall be fleetest.
15. He strives hard to keep himself very fit.
16. And always strive to be a good team player.
17. We are now striving hard to establish a transparent parliamentary democracy.
18. What you need to do now is to strive against your fear of speaking in front of the class.
19. With a goal in mind, you will be amazed at your potential if you strive for that goal.
20. But I have this urge to strive for perfection.
21. "Man does not strive for happiness; only the Englishman does that," wrote Nietzsche in The Twilight of the Idols.
22. Why do some students give up when they encounter difficulty, whereas others who are no more skilled continue to strive and learn?
23. The school strives to treat pupils as individuals and to help each one to achieve their full potential.
24. You must understand that and strive for balance in your life.
25. Business negotiation may not necessarily be a zero game in which one loses if the other wins; we should strive for a win-win result.
26. Should a leader strive to be loved or feared?
27. Strive for 25 to 35 g fiber every day.
28. Don't strive merely for the quantity of production.
29. The less advanced strives to catch up with the more advanced.
30. Newspaper editors all strive to be first with a story.
31. People who adore the thrill of the chase know that prizes, like diamonds, are worth striving for.
32. Each one of them was always striving to learn more.
33. There could be a number of reasons, he said, "for example, people do many things to make themselves happier: they strive for promotion or pay rises, or they get married."
34. At the workplace, men use conflict as a way to position themselves, while women often avoid conflict or strive to be the peacemaker, because they don't want to be viewed as aggressive or disruptive at work.
35. Boys, you must strive to find your own voice.
36. Every night I yearn for sleep, I strive for it; yet it flutters on ahead of me like a curtain.
37. I have this urge to strive for perfection.
38. We all want it and strive for it.
39. The new paper suggests that if you want a long life, you should strive to be as outgoing as possible.
40. But the new paper suggests that if you want a long life, you should strive to be as outgoing as possible.
41. But the new paper suggests that if you want long life, you should strive to be as outgoing as possible.
42. You are my all the world, and I must strive.
43. Mr Annan said the region must now strive for economic development as well as peace.
44. We might want to think that these three groups should agree, or should tend towards or strive towards an agreement.
45. The most successful monarchies strive to abandon or hide their old aristocratic ways.
46. We encourage all members to strive for the highest standards.
47. You should always strive to achieve more, however well you have done before.
48. Let us strive together to attain this splendid goal.