Strove has 1 syllables and the stress is on the first syllable.
| # | Sentence | |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | The autocrat strove in vain to deal with the situation. | |
| 2. | The autocrat strove in vain to deal with the awkward situation. | |
| 3. | The student strove for excellence. | |
| 4. | For fifteen days I strove to prove that. | |
| 5. | And ever, as the story drained / The wells of fancy dry, / And faintly strove that weary one / To put the subject by, / "The rest next time—" "It is next time!" / The happy voices cry. | |
| 6. | The EU was founded in the time after the Second World War. With its first steps, the European Union promoted economic cooperation. It strove to create a mutual interdependence through economic exchange, which was intended to avoid risks of conflict. | |
| 7. | He also suffered many things in war, while he strove to found a city, and to bear his gods to Latium: from this place arose the Latin race, the Alban fathers, and the walls of exalted Rome. | |
| 8. | Here were her arms and her chariot; the goddess, even then, strove and nurtured this place to be a kingdom for the nations, if only the fates allowed. | |
| 9. | He strove to live a virtuous life. | |
| 10. | Thither I drew, and strove with eager hold / a green-leaved sapling from the soil to tear, / to shade with boughs the altars, when behold / a portent, weird to see and wondrous to unfold! |