striver

Example Sentences

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All would be well for the heroic striver but for the insolent judgments of “editors, curators, connoisseurs, critics, bosses, talent agents, reviewers, etc.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 9, 2026

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

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

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

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

From "Drama High" by Michael Sokolove