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strove

American  
[strohv] / stroʊv /

verb

  1. a simple past tense of strive.

strove British  
/ strəʊv /

verb

  1. the past tense of strive

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O the Miller he shook For fear his strange cook Should, indeed and in truth, prove successful; But feeling ashamed That his pluck should be blamed, Strove to smother his heart-quake distressful.

From The Baron's Yule Feast: A Christmas Rhyme by Cooper, Thomas

Through the town this good Man & his Son Strove to ride as to please everyone: Self, Son, or both tried, Then the Ass had a ride; While the world, at their efforts, poked fun.

From The Baby's Own Aesop by Crane, Walter

Martha now and Margaret Strove who most should pay the debt Which they owed her, nor did vary Ever after from their Mary.

From The Works of Charles Lamb in Four Volumes, Volume 4 by Lamb, Charles

Pity and wonder and awakening love Strove in the bosom of the Moorish Knight.

From Poems by Seeger, Alan

Within the half-hour Strove, Cutter, and Engle had apologized to Norton; after this, they promised him to keep their hands off and their mouths shut.

From The Bells of San Juan by Gregory, Jackson

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