aspire
verb (used without object)
to long, aim, or seek ambitiously; be eagerly desirous, especially for something great or of high value (usually followed by to, after, or an infinitive).
am aspiring
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present progressiveof aspire (1st person singular).present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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"Sometimes," he says of Beethoven, "one gets the impression that the work is playing itself...that is what I am aspiring to."
From Time Magazine Archive
While some of my partial friends are blaming me for stooping to accept a share in the government of that Empire, I am afraid that I am aspiring too high for my qualifications.
From Life and Letters of Lord Macaulay Volume 1 by Sir George Otto Trevelyan
I have time enough to wait; for as yet I do not stand on the pinnacle to which I am aspiring.
From Napoleon and the Queen of Prussia by F. Jordan
