Sentence examples for striving glory from inspiring English sources

I either love it or pretend I do, taking the idle time as an idyll during which I peer through the morning haze at the crisscross of ferries and the undulating city behind it: The striving glory of downtown, the valley of the Village and Chelsea, interrupted by the sudden verticality of Midtown.

It was a mature, rational approach by a player still striving for elusive glory.

So it is with companies, especially those striving to regain the glory of their past -- like the family of brands that make up the General Motors Corporation.

Wealthy owners are behind the wheel, striving for some weekend glory.

There, Manuel was a player-coach and Shines was striving for one more shot at glory.

In recent times, Notts County have skidded into trouble when striving for imagined top-flight status or glory, which has never much featured in the club's story through all eras.

As did the other great rulers of his line, Shāpūr considered himself an heir of the great Achaemenid Empire and strove to renew its glory.

Her passion for the Lord grows each day as she strives to bring Him glory through not only the good times, but the hard as well.

And while the N-Gage looks as though it will have to share the gaming glory - if it is not phased out altogether - Nokia is still striving to place itself at the head of creating innovative mobile gaming.

Although the modeling world has changed in certain ways since the glory days of the super model -- Cheryl Tiegs, Christie Brinkley, Lauren Hutton -- it's still largely about striving for unreal beauty, smiling for the camera and acting happy.

Jihad literally means striving.