Sentence examples for strived not from inspiring English sources

She was always the model-student type who strived not to disappoint, and the accident and her poor eyesight (corrected with glasses only in the second grade) seem to have intensified her sense of caution and love of order.

I've never forgotten that lesson and have always strived not to put the brightest people together or those best at the job, but to people who work well together and are happy together.

They just believed in things big things they strived not so much to understand but to experience their effects firsthand through miracles or phenomena that seemed as such.

We continue to strive not to become assholes.

And so Dr. Alexiades-Armenakas strives not to iron out too much of life's ravages.

The former Southampton and Hull City boss was clearly striving not to take the bait.

Asked about his zenlike calm, he said the company strives not to act out of anger.

"However, we... strive not to remove tweets on the basis of their content".

In its 300 German branches, Citibank Privatkunden strives not to waste costly labour on mundane tasks.

In striving not to lose, he lost more than we could have ever imagined.

Traditionally, those decisions have been made by doctors: "rationing" has been a word politicians have striven not to utter.