strove

Instead he strove to demonstrate that his vision embraced theirs.

Even now, in the midst of our parallel struggle for existence, we strove to conceal our efforts from solbreeder eyes.

I was a poor boy, and I strove for learning, strove hard, and found it worth the striving.

But when he strove to cut across and so reach the mouth of the hidden swamp-stream, he narrowly escaped upsetting.