strove

[strohv]

verb

1. a simple past tense of strive.

strove

/ strəʊv /

verb

1. the past tense of strive

Example Sentences

The City of Bulawayo, led by mayor David Coltart, said Mr Moyo would be remembered as an "iconic leader ... and creative" who "strove to champion the arts" in the city and beyond.

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There were some carers who strove to make the lives of residents better and who managed to carve out time in their busy days to engage but those moments were few and far between.

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Through working with the Villa Gardens community members, Friedland strove to inject humor into the film based on what she observed.

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And as it turned out, all the groups the Democrats strove to stir to wounded umbrage weren’t much moved, and they weren’t impressed by the Democrats’ constantly being overcome by the vapors.

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Grant and his eugenicist comrades strove to make America’s public policies as brutal as the racial science’s coldhearted facts.

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Related Words

• aim 
• endeavor 
• go all out 
• seek 
• tackle