See howe they spread theire armes and stryve for lyfe!
Are not wee Boathe of a rotten conscience, men debosht, Secluded from the company of such As either are or else would stryve to bee Reputed honest?
Tempest thee noght al croked to redresse, In trust of hir that turneth as a bal: Gret reste stant in litel besinesse; 10 And eek be war to sporne ageyn an al; Stryve noght, as doth the crokke with the wal.
Be meek, wher thou must nedis bowe; To stryve ageyn is nought thy prowe.
All haill the fors or strenth mycht be in sycht Exercyt was, I wait; sen all the flour And pyssans of this realm dyd stryve in stour.
Be quhat slycht May I oppone me to resist or stryve With sik a monstre?
Dyddest thou kenne howe mie woes, as starres ybrente, Headed bie these thie wordes doe onn mee falle, Thou woulde stryve to gyve mie harte contente, 310 Wakyng mie slepynge mynde to honnoures calle.
I hald it better to erre with al, then to stryve with al and mend none.
But this corruption is caryed with a stronger tyde then reason can resist, and we wil not stryve with the stream.
Tempest thee noght al croked to redresse, In trust of hir that turneth as a bal: Gret reste slant in litel besinesse; And eek be war to sporne ageyn an al; Stryve noght, as doth the crokke with the wal.
As this wyese, we say, Sathan hath blynded the most parte of mankynd from the begyning; so doubt we not, but that he will stryve to continew in his malice evin to the end.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "stryve" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
