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Meanings of strive desperately in English

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Usage of strive desperately in English
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We strive desperately again: the whole web vibrates with the effort; it will break beneath our strength.
Devereux — Volume 03
2
She didn't resemble Luc, Gaynor thought, striving desperately for a natural reaction.
The witch queen
3
She faced him standing at the door, striving desperately for self-control.
The Obstacle Race
4
She sat down again at the table, striving desperately for self-control.
The Keeper of the Door
5
She sat quite silent, feeling her heart quicken, striving desperately to be calm.
The Bars of Iron
6
It's too late, he broke off, striving desperately to regain composure.
Fran
7
She sat alone during the afternoon, striving desperately to nerve herself for the ordeal.
The Swindler and Other Stories
8
She drew herself together, striving desperately to subdue her agitation.
The Odds / And Other Stories
9
Doris sat with the lantern in her hands, striving desperately to control her nervous excitement.
The Safety Curtain, and Other Stories
10
He was striving desperately to keep his self-control.
The Bars of Iron
11
After a full minute the announcer spoke, his voice striving desperately to be as impersonal as ever.
The Collected Stories of Arthur C. Clarke
12
Mrs. Haxton, pallid, striving desperately to regain her self-possession, draped herself artistically in a comfortable camp chair.
The Wheel O' Fortune
13
Alive one could have striven against him, striven desperately, although Carruthers had always been rather a proposition.
The Best British Short Stories of 1922
14
"Your suggestion is admirable," he cried, striving desperately to affect a careless complaisance.
The Wings of the Morning
15
That glimpse of Hayti would remain with him, he thought, yet within the hour he was striving desperately to hold it.
O. Henry Memorial Award Prize Stories of 1921
16
But a criminal saw himself guilty of a large part in the disaster the two heroical souls were striving desperately to repair.
The Amazing Marriage — Volume 5