Sentence examples for strove to stop from inspiring English sources

Antiwar activists strove to stop the Vietnam War to halt the senseless deaths of American soldiers as well as Vietnamese.

As the legend has it, an outraged old guard personified by folk's elder statesman Pete Seeger strove to stop the show – Seeger supposedly attempting to chop through the power cables with an axe – while fans erupted in a conflicted cacophony of boos, cheers and protests against the sheer volume of the performance, as much as what it signified.

You need to stop.

He wanted to stop.

To stop killing?

It has to stop".

It had to stop.

Then to stop?

Nothing to stop it.

That needs to stop".

We have to stop.