striver

Example Sentences

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Long before “American Idol” and its ilk, pageants were a means for a small-town striver to vault herself into a bigger world.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 10, 2025

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

We first got to know Santos as a man who fabricated his entire biography, ostensibly to present himself as an electorally viable striver.

From Slate • Nov. 16, 2023

His is a familiar story, a modern iteration of the starry-eyed striver headed west with a dollar and a dream.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 23, 2023

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

From "Drama High" by Michael Sokolove