aspiring to

Example Sentences

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Peptides that promise glowing skin and muscle growth have captivated young men—and even teenagers—who are aspiring to new male beauty standards.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 15, 2026

Bill Ackman, aspiring to replace him as the world’s leading investment guru, thinks the time has come to act on that advice.

From Barron's • Mar. 30, 2026

Chalamet gets dinged for aspiring to greatness, and Penn’s about to win his third Oscar simply for being great — and not talking about it.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 11, 2026

After decades of aspiring to remake the world along western liberal lines, the U.S. is coming to terms with limits on U.S. power, said John Lewis Gaddis, a professor of military history at Yale University.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 12, 2026

Up and up it went, not weaving as it would have done with a snatching loose, but soaring, swimming, aspiring to heaven, steady, golden and superb.

From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White