Example Sentences

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“You have absolutely no clue what I went through. You have no clue how hard I have strived in life to make it to where I am at today.”

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 16, 2025

For centuries scientists have strived to control the properties of light and sound as they interact with our sensory systems.

From Scientific American • Nov. 18, 2022

“We have strived, and we love this industry,” Glemaud said of his fellow Black designers.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 11, 2022

It is not the first time the teams have strived for simultaneous success in this competition - though the finals have not been contested on the same weekend before.

From BBC • May 14, 2022

I have strived hard in the work of reform for women.

From Debate on Woman Suffrage in the Senate of the United States, 2d Session, 49th Congress, December 8, 1886, and January 25, 1887 by Various