Sentence examples for in a striving from inspiring English sources

At times, in a striving for nobility, the performance lost tension and seemed subdued.

Less obvious but far more satisfying, it involves a wordless communion between audiences and artists when those watching feel themselves swept up in a striving both perilous and exalted.

This, in turn, is now replaced amongst young people by partner-less dancing, which, although individualistic, seems none-the-less, to be rooted in a striving for community feeling and group solidarity (from Dance in Society; Routledge and Kegon Paul, 1969).

As might be expected in a striving multiracial society of 170 million people, the sweeping Racial Equality Statute before the Brazilian Congress has ignited an emotional national debate.

He and His were united by a deep interest in modelling and a striving for authenticity through exact anatomical reconstruction in three dimensions.

Acts like Nirvana and Screaming Trees were able to achieve mainstream success, at least in part, because a striving artistic scene coalesced around them.

Yet here as in many other pieces, a striving for serenity and enlightenment made up the theme.

The ones that have survived are all in a flap, striving to achieve much-coveted highly trusted status.

The barbershop was a place of sagging vinyl seats and scarred linoleum, in a seedy, striving Parkchester section of the Bronx full of freelance barbers like himself.

Love For Imperfect Things: How to Accept Yourself in a World Striving for Perfection (Penguin) is built to guide people into this way of life.

The character spends much of the first act clothed only in a slip, striving to win back the love of her husband, Brick, and secure their inheritance from Big Daddy, who is dying.