Sentence examples for striving a bit from inspiring English sources

But while some of the touches clearly work — like the newly sleek bar area off the lobby and the comfortable reading room next to it — others seem to be striving a bit too hard, like the oh-so-mod wall coverings in the tarted-up dining room (some of which seem to have been stripped off a mirrored disco ball) and the stylish but distinctly uncomfortable chairs in the lobby.

Look up the words you don't understand, strive a bit to follow changes in tone and perspective, follow a good author's lead through a universe of her creation.

It was admittedly sort of a hokey idea on paper, but I remembered a wistful Paul Simon baseball song called "Night Game," which is not really about sports at all, and I strove for a bit of that feeling.

Chipotle isn't a clone of Taco Bell, but an aesthetic step up from that Yum! Brands unit; Chipotle's design strives for a bit of earth-tone "authenticity" and even a touch of class that the little anthropomorphic chihuahua, amusing as he was, just didn't provide.

Many quick athletes say they are doing what climbers have always done — striving to reach the summit a bit faster or with purer style.

It must offer "something for something" for those who work hard and strive to put a bit by for their own retirement.

What I hope, however, is that the show's producers continue to make a fun, heart-warming show about the make-up of modern families in today's society and strive to make a bit more realistic and reflective of where LGBT families are today.

Still, one missed the rhythmic impetus that other pianists create by taking it a bit slower and striving for more clarity.

"But an Olympic medal could do that, and that is what I am striving towards, just to be noted a bit more".

When I first started building my network, I aimed for 15 new or renewed connections each week; now that my days are a bit fuller, I strive for five to 10 per week.

I've long maintained that "objectivity" and "neutrality" are a bit silly to strive for because it's really impossible, particularly when you as the journalist are a member of a marginalized group and other people have made up the rules of "objectivity".