Synonyms for striving

Grammar : Noun

Spell : strahyv

Phonetic Transcription : straɪv

Définition of striving

Origin : c.1200, from Old French estriver "to quarrel, dispute," from estrif, estrit "quarrel" (see strife). It became a strong verb (past tense strove) by rhyming association with drive, etc.

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Example sentences :

Always, it was striving to reach her soul, to make her of its own.
Extract from : « Within the Law » by Marvin Dana

Was there any meaning or purpose in life, any result of the striving?
Extract from : « The Man Shakespeare » by Frank Harris

In her mind now floated clearly the ideal toward which her husband was striving.
Extract from : « Dust » by Mr. and Mrs. Haldeman-Julius

"I have no right to ask you who he is," he muttered, striving to control himself.
Extract from : « Fair Margaret » by H. Rider Haggard

Your greatest error was in striving at first for such physical perfection.
Extract from : « The Monster Men » by Edgar Rice Burroughs

"It ain't that," she answered slowly, striving in her turn to be kind.
Extract from : « Tiverton Tales » by Alice Brown

There is a continual jostling, and crowding, and buzzing, and striving to get promotion.
Extract from : « A Dish Of Orts » by George MacDonald

How many hours did I not spend at times in striving to calm you!
Extract from : « The Three Cities Trilogy, Complete » by Emile Zola

Where duty calls, engage: And ever striving be The moral hero of the Age!
Extract from : « Cleveland Past and Present » by Maurice Joblin

The rose is of Paradise—the snowdrop is of the striving, hoping, longing Earth.
Extract from : « A Dish Of Orts » by George MacDonald

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