striver

Example Sentences

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I’m the first to admit that it hasn’t been easy saying goodbye to the career striver I have been for more than five decades.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 14, 2026

In the 1960s and early ’70s, she is a plucky striver; in later decades, she is another famous author—book tours, awards, hobnobbing with luminaries, Democratic politics, remodeling homes in tony enclaves.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 13, 2026

A bitter, arrogant striver, Walter encouraged his son to act, only to savagely criticize him when he did so, which confused and angered his son.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 17, 2024

I should mention that the saintly striver is all the while giving support to a former prostitute, hoping to open a hospital and enduring a lung condition with a terminal prognosis.

From New York Times • Mar. 7, 2024

He was himself a striver, and he sought to instill that ethos in the school.

From "Drama High" by Michael Sokolove