Strives
[straivz]
Examples
- By selecting the best for its exclusive use, it strives to reinforce the power of this best. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- And this is another spell against which the shedder of blood for ever strives in vain. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- The successes for which it strives, the achievements upon which it sets store, are connected with fighting and victory. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- Yet that there is a common impulse in modern thought which strives towards autonomy is true and worth remarking. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- The scientist shows no rapture for exalted views; in fact, with an instinct for mediocrity, he is envious and strives for the destruction of the exceptional ma n. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- Age, especially when it strives to be self-reliant and cheerful, finds much consideration among the poor. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
- His ability is executive; that is, he persistently and energetically strives to execute or carry out his aims. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- And to know, to give utterance, was to break a way through the walls of the prison as the infant in labour strives through the walls of the womb. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
Typist: Shane