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).
is aspiring
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present progressiveof aspire (3rd 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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But old energy regulators like me, who have suffered through the construction of two nuclear units in Georgia, know there is no other way to do what Mr. Hegseth is aspiring to do.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026
"They are what every club in England is aspiring to be," Ashton said.
From BBC ● Jun. 20, 2026
South Korea is aspiring to be a key player in space technology, competing with its Asian neighbours.
From Reuters ● May 24, 2023
“That’s what, I suppose, any country like ours is aspiring to: that one day all our courts will be manned by local judges,” he said.
From New York Times ● Nov. 26, 2022
The man who is aspiring to the highest kind of existence must repeat in himself, as a microcosm, the macrocosmic universal Osiris process.
From Christianity As Mystical Fact And The Mysteries of Antiquity by Harry Collison
