Example Sentences

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After catering to retirees and families on road trips, Cracker Barrel was aspiring to court younger guests.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 21, 2025

After high school, I was aspiring to be a fashion designer, so I was trying my best to get into the top fashion school in India.

From Salon • Nov. 9, 2024

Mr. Scholz understood clearly that Ukraine’s only “sin” was aspiring to be a fully European nation — democratic, pluralistic, tolerant and modern.

From Washington Post • Jan. 21, 2023

I was aspiring to create that big summer movie experience and a movie that had to be seen on the big screen.

From New York Times • Aug. 30, 2022

If I should pause now in my conquests and sheathe my sword, what should I have gained by so many efforts but a little glory, without having approached the goal to which I was aspiring?

From Louisa of Prussia and Her Times by Mühlbach, L. (Luise)