Sentence examples for striving for possession from inspiring English sources

According to the IAEA, criminals will steal and smuggle radioactive material for one of two reasons: either for the "malevolent use of stolen nuclear materials for terrorism or blackmail," or for the development of a "military program of a State striving for possession of nuclear weapons".

The sect's belief in celibacy has diminished their numbers, as have the principles of striving for perfection, shared possessions and communal living.

Theodore Dreiser's Sister Carrie strives for material possessions as hungrily as any Chinese factory girl or office worker.

Some data has suggested money itself doesn't lead to dissatisfaction -- instead, it's the ceaseless striving for wealth and material possessions that may lead to unhappiness.

It seems that it may not be the money itself that leads to dissatisfaction, but rather, the continual striving for greater wealth and more possessions that is linked to unhappiness.

Nouns inflect for possession and for case.

When I speak to graduates, I tell them that it's human nature to strive for status, wealth, possessions, recognition, but the more you succeed, the more you'll come to realize there's more to life than that, and nothing matches serving a cause larger than one's self-interest.

On the outside, I had all the material possessions society says we should be striving for.

No striving for perfection.

They are striving for purity.

Mr. Jobs was striving for perfection.