Sentence examples for strive for said from inspiring English sources

The new tier "gives them something to strive for," said Jeff Robertson, vice president of loyalty programs at Delta.

"Being on the cover of the Wheaties box is something that most athletes strive for," said Phelps, who earned eight medals, including six golds, in Athens.

"The plum job, the plum assignment — it's something you strive for," said Diego Scotti, vice president for global advertising at the American Express Company in New York.

"Our business isn't to be famous: that's not what we do, that's not what we strive for," said Tyler, who is slightly — if you look closely — broader-jowled and a hair more assertive.

"From day one at Central Saint Martins, going independent always seemed like perhaps the normal thing to do, or what you should strive for," said Orla Savage, who graduated in knitwear design from Central Saint Martins last year and now is interning without pay.

"Creating an environment that helps children lead as normal a life as possible during this tragic conflict is something we must all strive for, " said Bassiouni.

"Simplicity is always something to strive for," says Steven J. Paley, an inventor who holds nine patents and is the author of "The Art of Invention: The Creative Process of Discovery and Design".

"This will give the city the profile we've been striving for," said Colin Smith, the chief executive of Dundee's tourist board.

"The look I'm striving for," said A., a commercial litigator, "is 'business boring.' For me, even a striped shirt would be stepping out". A. is a particularly hard shopaphobia case.

"It shows steady improvement across the board in most areas and in most parks, and that's what we're striving for," said Liam Kavanagh, the first deputy commissioner of the Department of Parks and Recreation.

"They're striving for the same things we were striving for," said Thelma Zucker Goldstein, a 1953 graduate who taught in a public school in the Bronx and in the Army.