“This is the case with himself in the Annals, from his striving to do what his prototype did.”

“Glicken declares himself a work-addicted striver and presents a volume of sensible and respectful direction for his workaholic brethren.”

“Is your bread and butter consumer the undaunted striver, the impulsive spender, the aspiring struggler, or the secure traditionalist?”

“Your audience here, and in general, is necessarily a pack of bourgie overeducated striver types.”

“He is without question of that immortal company of artists who make all of our strivings less petty, more worth while.”

“The last years of Franco's life were marked by the political strivings of the working class to settle accounts with the dictatorship and student rebellions.”

“So, she fought no more, but left destiny to work its will unhampered by her futile strivings.”

“And, not surprisingly, huge numbers of strivers would like to join the ranks of the well-heeled stars.”

“Many of the other figures involved in the operation were egregious intriguers and strivers, mediocrities for whom the CIA's money was a godsend.”

“Well, the locals call them strivers now, but the Dutch had another word for them.”