"to strive for something" is a correct and commonly used phrase in written English.
It means to make a great effort or attempt to achieve a particular goal or aim. Examples: - She has always strived for excellence in her career. - Our team is striving for success in the upcoming competition. - The charity organization strives to provide aid for those in need. - As a student, it is important to strive for good grades and academic success. - The company's mission is to strive for innovation and growth in the industry.
The Capitol was a pioneering effort — the first, perhaps, since the ancient world — to strive for something like democratic splendor.
"I think when you have two teams with a passion to strive for something, we're both going after it hard.
Sad that something built on a foundation so ostensibly healthy -- fitness, competition, the courage to strive for something -- has turned into an automatic tabloid headline generating machine.
"To be able to go to practice every day and have the opportunity to strive for something, to strive for that goal, is a very happy day for us".
That is why we need continually to strive for something like a common culture, the riches of which are shared, rather than hoarded: a culture in which no room appears to be locked.
Phelps and Spitz have never met, something that will most likely happen while they are both here at the trials, but they were put on this course by Phelps's desire to strive for something nearly unthinkable.
Something to strive for, but not something that would be there if everybody stopped striving.
In the end, though, the T10i's buds are designed to sit in the ear with maximum comfort, and their smooth-pebble look is ultimately a pleasant alternative to other earbud designs that strive for something harsher, and that feel worse when worn as a result.
We wanted Britain to become a centre of excellence and to encompass all that is good about the arts; to strive for excellence, to create something new and sometimes out of nothing, to work together and to be proud of our contribution.
Here on earth, let's strive for something better.
We all face the same fate, no matter how much we might strive for something more.
