strove

Verb

The word is derived from strive

Meaning

of Strive

imp. of Strive.

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I strove with none, for none was worth my strife; Nature I loved; and next to Nature, Art. I warmed both hands before the fire of life; It sinks, and I am ready to depart. Walter Savage Landor

I regard the people as a great being, inspired by a single idea. This is my problem. I strove to solve it in this opera. Modest Mussorgsky

Remember Milo's end, Wedged in that timber which he strove to rend. Wentworth Dillon, 4th Earl of Roscommon

I felt that the man who strove for dignity, nobility, and honour should have his task made as difficult and as hazardous as possible, and that in particular he should be forgiven no lapses in style. Kenneth Burke

And ever, as the story drained The wells of fancy dry, And faintly strove that weary one To put the subject by, "The rest next time--" "It is next time!" The Happy voice cry. Thus grew the tale of Wonderland. Lewis Carroll

There will no longer be need for spheres of influence, for alliances, for balance of power, or any other of the separate alliances through which in the unhappy past the nations strove to safeguard their security or promote their interest. Cordell Hull

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