"strive" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés
- Lucky Morey, blessed economic-consuming unit, drowning in the pipeline's flood, striving manfully to eat and drink and wear and wear out his share of the ceaseless tide of wealth.
- Mr. Gergiev's Alvaro was the robust Armenian tenor Gegam Grigorian, who strove manfully with a far more daunting challenge than that of the standard score.
- Strive manfully; custom is overcome by custom.
- Filling in until the announcement, Gavin Esler strove manfully to avoid appearing flighty beside the saturnine Andrew Motion.
- Phyllis recited examples of illustrious EBC occasions and persons, and worked him round gradually until he had reached the position of considering us nice enough people striving manfully to overcome the disadvantages of being considered a slightly second class oracle.
- Bill strove manfully to keep up on his short legs, but finally Sark swept him up and put him on his shoulders.
- It was Meta striving manfully, womanfully rather, under her load.
- It wasn't exactly contrite, but he was striving manfully for humility, and though his natural truculence poked through the thin places, he was nearly succeeding.
- Behind the wheel of his car Jerry McManus of Owosso, Michigan, strove manfully to keep the vehicle going down the highway in a straight line as he began to feel the full effects of a massive adrenal shock.
- Professor Porter strove manfully to suppress his own emotions, but the strain upon his nerves and weakened vitality were too much for him, and at length, burying his old face in the girl's shoulder, he sobbed quietly like a tired child.
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