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striv·ing

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. striving, nisus, pains, strainnoun

    an effortful attempt to attain a goal

Wiktionary

  1. strivingnoun

    Effort.

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  1. striving

    Striving refers to the act of making great efforts or exerting oneself to achieve a particular goal, purpose, or ideal. It involves showing dedication, intense hard work, perseverance, and determination in overcoming challenges or obstacles to reach a desired outcome.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Striving

    of Strive

  2. Striving

    a. & n. from Strive

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of striving in Chaldean Numerology is: 7

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of striving in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1

Examples of striving in a Sentence

  1. Philippa Langley:

    Whether we bear a white or a red rose, whether for Richard or Henry ... whether for Leicester or York, we recognize at the graveside that all our journeys lead us to this place, where reputation counts for nothing and all human striving turns to dust. it's the conclusion to his story in that he's been found ... and we're laying his physical remains to rest. But in terms of Richard's story, that is only just beginning.

  2. Kristen Stewart:

    Her capability is astounding and motivating as all hell, i get on a set with her - and I have been acting since I was 9 - whoa, I am not there yet. I am striving; I am trying.

  3. Sarah Ban Breathnach:

    Always remember that striving and struggle precede success, even in the dictionary.

  4. Albert Camus:

    It is terrifying to see how easily, in certain people, all dignity collapses. Yet when you think about it, this is quite normal since they only maintain this dignity by constantly striving against their own nature.

  5. R. J. Baughan:

    We find greatest joy, not in getting, but in expressing what we are...Men do not really live for honors or for pay their gladness is not the taking and holding, but in doing, the striving, the building, the living. It is a higher joy to teach than to be taught. It is good to get justice, but better to do it fun to have things but more to make them. The happy man is he who lives the life of love, not for the honors it may bring, but for the life itself.

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