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At night, K Street is a bustling corridor of aspiringly high-end nightclubs and restaurants.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 5, 2022

It was better to perform aspiringly and attractively and lose than to perform conservatively and win.

From New York Times • Jan. 4, 2018

There’s the quirky lullaby that Tom used to croon to his infant daughters; the lyrical compositions of Carver and Ray and an aspiringly cheerful singalong in Tom’s kitchen halfway through the show.

From New York Times • Mar. 14, 2017

Of the ignorant, there are very few indeed who can think purely or aspiringly.

From Born in Exile by Gissing, George

But even the Lake of Como has been revised and improved; the fondest prejudices yield to time; it gives one somehow a sense of an aspiringly high tone.

From Italian Hours by James, Henry