strives
Examples
Whoever strives for good must be prepared to endure evil.
The painter strives and competes with nature.
For there is no one so great or mighty that he can avoid the misery that will rise up against him when he resists and strives against God.
Even that fish may be caught that strives the hardest against it.
He who strives to do, does more than he who has the power.
Fortune comes to him who strives for it.