Sentences with 'striving'
Example sentences and phrases with the word striving and other words derived from it.
• « The concept of "jihad" revolves around the struggle for Muslims to live according to the example of Muhammad and his teachings. Its most common usage is the "jihad of the heart", of striving to live morally against the myriad corrupt temptations of life. »
• « In short, the popes after the end of the Great Western Schism were often much more focused on behaving as members of the popoli grossi (rich people), striving for power and honour and patronising great works of art and architecture, rather than being concerned with the spiritual authority of the Church to the laity. »
• « All subjects of the British crown knew that they had liberties under the constitution. The Sugar Act suggested that some in Parliament were striving to deprive them of what made them uniquely British. »