Sentence examples for had striving from inspiring English sources

If he were to wake up and discover that someone had run away with his wife and stolen his car it would be no more than of a piece with the wretched time he has had striving for recognition over seven years and 21 fights.

Like I had striven to be.

In China they had strived to revive traditional Chinese culture after over a century of decay.

All of her days she had striven unselfishly to make all around her happy," Hawkins wrote.

Of course, there had been heroic Polish men and women who had striven to help Jews.

Above all, she had strived for female sexual liberation – and it undoubtedly helped unleash that".

Elected officials in Nassau said that they had strived mightily on such programs.

A short marriage, which she had striven to protect from the public glare, ended.

He said he would willingly exchange the award for the deal he had striven for.

For three centuries, Catalonia has striven to regain its independence.

Mr Obama has striven to keep out of Syria.