striven

variants or strived
past participle of strive

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of striven Working with Poway High, troop leaders, and the Poway Library, Juza strived to inspire young girls to pursue a future in STEM. Elizabeth Marie Himchak, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 Aug. 2025 The series has never strived to be anything more than opulent fluff, but it still gets consistently pilloried for its lack of realism. Inkoo Kang, New Yorker, 15 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for striven
Verb
  • In the months that followed, the still-popular Machado endeavored to keep the flame of hope alive.
    Gisela Salim-Peyer, The Atlantic, 12 Sep. 2025
  • However, the doormat goes to the Hustlers, who like Orlando endeavored to dismantle a successful 2024 playoff team and turn it into the worst team in 2025, a weird look for a team owned by one of the lead investors in the league.
    Todd Boss, Forbes.com, 15 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • When the shot rang out, Nathalie tried to reach her daughter, but the melee of panicked runners forced her out a side gate.
    Rick Jervis, USA Today, 14 Sep. 2025
  • The next day, Encarnacion hit a 442-foot homer in his second at-bat of the game, then injured his hamstring in his third at-bat as Encarnacion tried running out an infield single.
    Justice delos Santos, Mercury News, 14 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • But the California native struggled throughout the postseason and had just one hit and seven strikeouts across the first three World Series games.
    Jamie Barton, CNN Money, 13 Sep. 2025
  • England had noticed Patri had struggled with the same issue against Switzerland.
    Charlotte Harpur, New York Times, 13 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Husseini attempted to ply him with patronage, appointing him imam of a new mosque, but the cleric’s burgeoning following augured poorly for Husseini’s grip on power.
    Sean Durns, The Washington Examiner, 12 Sep. 2025
  • Despite the Cat's demise, Raskin's team at IAI attempted to move forward with a successor machine, a portable laptop that would have reportedly weighed just four pounds.
    Cameron Kaiser, ArsTechnica, 12 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Those requests often sought troops under Title 32 because federal money, not state funds, would pay for the troops and equipment needed.
    Alex Horton, Arkansas Online, 14 Sep. 2025
  • Trump isn’t the first president who’s sought to bolster technical education and fill gaps in the labor force.
    Liam Knox, Fortune, 14 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Rec was founded in 2022 by Birju Kadakia and Rachel Williams, who worked together at Uber in the mid-2010s.
    Tim Casey, Forbes.com, 17 Sep. 2025
  • Getting the final minty shade, one that worked well on all Fitzpatrick skin tones, took more than 20 variations.
    Megan McIntyre, Allure, 16 Sep. 2025

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“Striven.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/striven. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.

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