Definitions
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- v. Past participle of strive
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
- p. p. of strive.
Etymologies
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Examples
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Vainly had Silverstein striven to stay the spouse's wrath.
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Unlike Alcibiades, who had brought destruction everywhere, he, Hadrian, had governed a world infinitely larger ... and had kept pace therein; I had rigged it like a fair ship made ready for a voyage which might last for centuries; I had striven my utmost to encourage in man the sense of the divine but without at the same time sacrificing to it what is essentially human.
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Since then, various governments have striven to conceal this.
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The claim that something — whether housing or health care — is an undersupplied social good is commonly used to justify government intervention, and policy makers have long striven to make housing more affordable.
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In the months after the government extended a $700 billion bailout to the financial sector, lawmakers have striven to ensure that no institution poses such a systemic risk that it would be too big, or too interconnected, to be allowed to fail.
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Ever since, I have striven for clarity and simplicity of style, especially when I'm writing about complex subjects such as space exploration or global politics or love.
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The State of North Carolina has striven to keep all schools from having high concentrations of economically disadvantaged students through the way it disburses money to the counties.
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We've striven mightily to adjust to our dinner guests showing up late, but when the time stretches to 2 or more hours, and food is ready, and we, the hosts, are starving, then it inevitably becomes stressful.
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In all that had occurred he had striven to avoid trouble.
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He had striven to be something more than a mere writer of magazine fiction.
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