strive

IPA: strˈaɪv

To try to achieve a result; to make strenuous effort; to try earnestly and persistently.
To struggle in opposition; to be in contention or dispute; to contend; to contest.
To vie; to compete as a rival.

Examples of "strive" in Sentences

Nor does Froomkin strive for the kind of balance one would hope for in a political reporter.
What would be the point in strive to be a multi-millionaire if the little digital markers had no value?
We must again strive to offer praise to God with the most beautiful churches and art and clothing and liturgical music we can manage.
They have taught us that the peace for which we strive is something that has to be won within and through the individual human being.
While most action-oriented anime titles strive to become visual spectacles, Karas stands as one of the rare few which genuinely achieves such status.
"Full unity, for which the Lord prayed and for which all His disciples must tirelessly strive, is linked to the very life and mission of the Church in the world", he said.
The setting of equality as the ideal objective, though a distant one, towards which our legislation should be directed and towards which we should strive, is in the best interest not only of the weak, the aged and the underprivileged, but it is in the interest of a strong and dynamic Canadian nation.