Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Strenuous or earnest effort; straggle; endeavor.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- a. & n. from
strive .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb Present participle of
strive . - noun
Effort .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun an effortful attempt to attain a goal
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Examples
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On this objection, the striving doctrine uses a kind of metaphorical language, the term ˜striving™, where a precise and literal account of what it is that is characteristic of mind is required.
Spinoza's Psychological Theory LeBuffe, Michael 2006
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However, in striving to achieve an appropriately soothing effect by suffusing the waters with a sort of pale milky blush of eau de nil, the better to slow them down, even warm them up a bit, most unfortunately the Master of Pyongyang creates the impression here not of a glacial burn or torrent fed by thawing snow, but rather the cloudy, acrid run-off from some unseen nuclear research facility a little way upstream.
Archive 2009-08-01 2009
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We love to strive for perfection, with the idea that in striving we will be our best.
The Inner Weigh: 7 Subconscious Slimming Strategies The Inner Weigh 2010
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Hafiz holds that all religion and indeed, all human striving, is rooted in love.
William C. Chittick, Ph.D.: Islam: A Religion Of Love Ph.D. William C. Chittick 2010
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We love to strive for perfection, with the idea that in striving we will be our best.
The Inner Weigh: 7 Subconscious Slimming Strategies The Inner Weigh 2010
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And the fear of death, of God, of the universe, comes over him, — the hope of the Resurrection and the Life, the yearning for immortality, the vain striving of the imprisoned essence, — it is then, if ever, man walks alone with God.
THE WHITE SILENCE 2010
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And the fear of death, of God, of the universe, comes over him, — the hope of the Resurrection and the Life, the yearning for immortality, the vain striving of the imprisoned essence, — it is then, if ever, man walks alone with God.
“The Kipling of the Klondike”: Naturalism in London's Early Fiction 2010
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However, in striving to achieve an appropriately soothing effect by suffusing the waters with a sort of pale milky blush of eau de nil, the better to slow them down, even warm them up a bit, most unfortunately the Master of Pyongyang creates the impression here not of a glacial burn or torrent fed by thawing snow, but rather the cloudy, acrid run-off from some unseen nuclear research facility a little way upstream.
The Mural II 2009
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Second, in striving to protect the Internet we all know and love, we do not want to thwart the prospects of success for those who have historically been disadvantaged in business and economic development - women, people of color, members of low-income communities.
Navarrow Wright: Put the Politics Aside and Get to the Business of Broadband Navarrow Wright 2010
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In teaching contexts, time is the one effective vehicle we have in striving to accommodate for the individual response ….
bilby commented on the word striving
I am a parcel of vain strivings tied
By a chance bond together,
Dangling this way and that, their links
Were made so loose and wide,
Methinks,
For milder weather.
- Henry David Thoreau, 'I Am A Parcel Of Vain Striving Tied'.
February 11, 2009