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  1. striving, nisus, pains, strainnoun

    an effortful attempt to attain a goal

    Synonyms:
    tune, pains, melody, form, breed, straining, melodic line, stress, nisus, strain, tenor, var., air, variant, line, stock, nervous strain, melodic phrase, mental strain, song

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  1. List of paraphrases for "striving":

    endeavouring, trying, struggling, seeking, fighting, attempting, strive

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How to use striving in a sentence?

  1. Secret Service spokeswoman Nicole Mainor:

    Our leadership has long acknowledged that, in addition to its many successes, the Secret Service faces many challenges, over the past year, under the leadership of Director Joseph Clancy, the Secret Service has taken a number of steps to address these challenges, including altering the way the Secret Service is structured and managed, striving to hire new members of its workforce, expanding training opportunities for current employees, and implementing the other recommendations of the independent Protective Mission Panel.

  2. President Vladimir Putin:

    We are faced with common threats, and we still want all countries, both in Europe and the whole world, to join their efforts to combat these threats, and we are still striving for this, i refer not only to terrorism, but also to crime, trafficking in persons, environmental protection, and many other common challenges.

  3. W. E. B. Du Bois:

    A little less complaint and whining, and a little more dogged work and manly striving, would do us more credit than a thousand civil rights bills.

  4. Steve Nash:

    The greatest gift has been to be completely immersed in my passion and striving for something I loved so much -- visualizing a ladder, climbing up to my heroes.

  5. Denis Waitley:

    The most splendid achievement of all is the constant striving to surpass yourself and to be worthy of your own approval.


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    A fascinated
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