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.
- noun attempt
- 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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