Sentence examples for But strove from inspiring English sources

Ladies' costumes followed the dress of the period more closely but strove for a looseness and for the transparency of fabric typical of Classical dress.

Although many similar conversations occur within the Culturally and Linguistically Diverse (CALD) community sector around Australia on a regular basis, it was refreshing to openly discuss issues of colour in a manner that was not tokenistic, but strove to be truly intersectional.

This is illustrated in the Confucian case by the tradition of scholar-officials who not only wrote about and taught the importance of the ethical to the political life, but strove to enact this importance in their own careers.

Born on the Fourth of July, 1929, Davis valued his independence, but strove his entire life to gain the respect he felt he deserved.

But strive for perfection.

But striving for flexibility and balance and striving at work are not mutually exclusive.

Not the democratic Asian tiger Americans think of today, but a poor, war-torn, autocratic, but striving country.

She sculptures only images of women but strives to make them universal and she usually animates her figures.

Half-Chinese, but striving to be whole Chinese, she was as full of contradictions as her motherland.

Douglas Taurel and Tony F. DeVito, as George and Lennie, are fine actors but strive too hard to convey the differences between their characters.

Striving for physical and intellectual excellence, perfection, even though it's not possible — but striving for it — is a worthy endeavor.