striving
/ˈstɹaɪvɪŋ/ noun C1- Effort; the act of one who strives.
Plural strivings
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A BULL was striving with all his might to squeeze himself through a narrow passage which led to his stall.
While he lamented and bewailed his sores and bruises, and cried loudly for help, a neighbor ran to the well, and learning what had happened said: “Hark ye, old fellow, why, in striving to pry into what is in heaven, do you not manage to see what is on earth?”
He waited silently, striving to pierce through the darkness.
But he who was addressed stood there, stupefied, bewildered, stunned; his haggard eyes glanced around, as if in search of the traces of some terrible event, and with his clenched hands he seemed striving to shut out horrible recollections.
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