strove

Example Sentences

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SKW posted losses three years in a row as the country strove to wean itself off cheap Russian energy supplies.

From Barron's • May 3, 2026

In the era of high-risk high-reward batting, where contributions were not measured in milestones, Samson became the folk hero who strove only for high impact and was rewarded with consistency by the cricketing gods.

From BBC • Mar. 9, 2026

Silverblatt said he strove to read an author’s entire body of work, but he never claimed to have read it all if he hadn’t.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 15, 2026

Less attention has been paid to the ways in which enslaved people strove for emancipation through acts of resistance.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 26, 2026

Their triumphs and failures, the soul they carried, the injustices they strove to change.

From "The Rock and the River" by Kekla Magoon