She, fearing on the rushes to be flung, Strived with redoubled strength; the more she strived The more a gentle pleasing heat revived, Which taught him all that elder lovers know.
I strived to grasp and hold with my riveted eyes some one of the feigned Madonnas, but of all the heaven-lit faces imagined by men there was none that would abide with me in this the very sanctuary.
She strived as much as possible to get rid of her natural bashfulness, and sought out the young merchant with the design of repairing her fault in the best way she could.
They bowed in abject servility to their superior, and strived to make those having less power as slavish in their behaviour to themselves.
Dawson mumbled, as he strivedto get his brain functioning faster.
Dawson heard his own voice cry out his pal's name as he strived desperately to swerve off to the side.
We strived so that I hurted myselfe in so much that I could not stand up right, nor any further.
We made a small sayle to every boate; every one strived to be not the last.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "strived" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
