How to Use endeavor in a Sentence

endeavor

1 of 2 verb

• The school endeavors to teach students to be good citizens.
• They endeavored to create a government that truly serves its people.
• Both Brooks & Dunn and Milsap endeavored to cut their projects with the guest artists in the room.
  — Tom Roland, Billboard, 16 Apr. 2019
• Vikram endeavored to be the first lander to reach the moon’s resource-rich south pole.
  — Jennifer Leman, Popular Mechanics, 10 Sep. 2019
• Abbe said even their clients who did not intend to own dogs — such as those who took in strays — endeavor to meet those pets’ needs.
  — Susan Dunne, courant.com, 29 Mar. 2021
• Roseberry saw a reflection of his own progress through demons and endeavor on the way to the unknown.
  — Nathan Heller, Vogue, 29 Aug. 2023
• Firaxis even endeavored to improve the AI in Rise and Fall.
  — Samuel Axon, Ars Technica, 8 Feb. 2018
• In 2022, partly thanks to No Way Home, studios will endeavor to return to it.
  — David Sims, The Atlantic, 4 Jan. 2022
• Ruis already has a spot in the starting gate after buying one of the original spots in the Frank Stronach endeavor two years ago.
  — Union -Tribune, sandiegouniontribune.com, 6 May 2018
• Humans have long endeavored to recreate the wonder of avian flight.
  — Darren Orf, Popular Mechanics, 16 Feb. 2023
• In the course of forty years, and more than a dozen books, Dennett has endeavored to explain how a soulless world could have given rise to a soulful one.
  — Joshua Rothman, The New Yorker, 27 Mar. 2017
• The White Star offices had endeavored vainly from 8 o’clock until 11 p.m. to get further word from the Olympic about the Titanic.
  — Times Staff, Los Angeles Times, 22 June 2023
• Prisons DeWine said that the state has endeavored to protect inmates.
  — cleveland, 3 Apr. 2020
• But with the latest Wrangler—the JL model—Jeep endeavored to make the door-removal process as easy as possible.
  — Ezra Dyer, Popular Mechanics, 31 Dec. 2018
• Episode 4: Stories about dating - A man endeavors to find love through dating apps, but there’s hope.
  — Indianapolis Star, 15 Sep. 2017
• In his own lifetime, Kundera endeavored to vanish as a man and remain only a name, a voice.
  — Jared Marcel Pollen, The New Republic, 12 July 2023
• And now, both new and longtime viewers can tune in as the eagles endeavor to keep their eggs warm from a wallop of wintry weather.
  — Amy Hubbard, Los Angeles Times, 2 Feb. 2024
• As recent events here and abroad have proven, those of us who believe that freedom is anchored in the rule of law must endeavor together.
  — Lindsay Craig, National Review, 13 Dec. 2023
• As among many other peoples, the eclipse of the sun and moon was thought to be caused by dragons which endeavor to swallow these luminaries. .
  — James Deutsch, Smithsonian, 15 Aug. 2017
• At the time that Jacobs endeavored to ask Gianforte a question, the candidate was in a side room with a local news crew, The Guardian reports.
  — Aria Bendix, The Atlantic, 24 May 2017
• As among many other peoples, the eclipse of the sun and moon was thought to be caused by dragons which endeavor to swallow these luminaries. .
  — James Deutsch, Smithsonian, 15 Aug. 2017
• In many ways the series endeavored to be a force of good in the world, and not just a sitcom in which funny-but-terrifying Pictionary unicorns come to life.
  — Kelly Lawler, USA TODAY, 31 Jan. 2020
• Glossier is far from the first DTC brand to endeavor into London in its early stages of retail expansion.
  — Brin Snelling, Forbes, 10 Dec. 2021
• Over the years, many other spacecraft have endeavored to capture the otherworldly sight of the Earth and moon together.
  — National Geographic, 23 Apr. 2017
• Some in the industry liken that endeavor to building an airplane while flying it.
  — Joseph Walker, WSJ, 19 Dec. 2020
• Unlike on the show, none of the pub patrons endeavored to use him for target practice or more indulgent pursuits.
  — Ashley Hoffman, Time, 18 Apr. 2018
• The color of a work of literature is the mind of its author, and this is what Giono, himself the author of dozens of fictional works, has endeavored to explore.
  — Ryu Spaeth, New Republic, 12 Sep. 2017
• The documents are part of the back-and-forth that occurs over many months as corporations endeavor to convince the government not to file charges.
  — San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 Feb. 2022
• Hill Holiday, the famed Boston ad agency, has done its best to endeavor through the past year of Covid and the subsequent economic downturn.
  — Todd Wasserman, Forbes, 25 Feb. 2021
• Do good, & endeavor to please every body of every degree.
  — Verlyn Klinkenborg, The New York Review of Books, 14 May 2020

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endeavor

2 of 2 noun

• Technology is the fastest-changing area of human endeavor.
• She is involved in several artistic endeavors.
• His endeavors have gone unrewarded.
• Science has traditionally accepted the smartest students, the most committed and self-sacrificing researchers, and the cleanest money—that is, money with the fewest political strings attached. In both theory and practice, science in this century has been perceived as a noble endeavor.
  — Science, 13 Feb. 1998
• This is just the start, the tip of the iceberg in a new endeavor.
  — Mike Miller, PEOPLE.com, 30 Jan. 2018
• The endeavor was to be paid for by the steel heiress Amy Phipps Guest.
  — New York Times, 10 Feb. 2022
• The idea that freelancers don’t have a boss is one of the top myths about the endeavor.
  — Ginny Hogan, Forbes, 21 Apr. 2023
• Thus, the core of the endeavor will be figuring out the first 18 outs.
  — Jack Harris, Los Angeles Times, 6 Oct. 2023
• The endeavor was to be paid for by steel heiress Amy Phipps Guest.
  — Arkansas Online, 13 Feb. 2022
• The fact that the whole endeavor is a play is never far from the surface.
  — Sam Hurwitt, The Mercury News, 11 Sep. 2019
• In retrospect, that would be the high point of the endeavor.
  — Ian MacDougall, Propublica, ProPublica, 14 May 2019
• Finding the perfect pair of jeans is an endeavor not for the faint of heart.
  — Isabel Calkins Mata, Peoplemag, 23 Nov. 2022
• The Food Hall is more than a restaurant and food endeavor.
  — George Avalos, The Mercury News, 24 Jan. 2024
• Movies are such a risky endeavor, and the studios are risk-averse.
  — Mikey O'Connell, The Hollywood Reporter, 23 June 2023
• Finding the best baked goods in the city has been a lifelong endeavor for Ansel.
  — Priya Krishna, GQ, 24 Oct. 2017
• There’s quite a bit to grasp in this endeavor, so start small and progress one photon at a time.
  — Eric Adams, Popular Mechanics, 15 July 2022
• The very idea that finances have anything to do with this endeavor needs to be wiped away.
  — Mike Finger, ExpressNews.com, 18 Jan. 2020
• For details on the club, its projects and other endeavors, go to soroptimistnsd.org.
  — Elizabeth Marie Himchak, Pomerado News, 13 July 2018
• Gretzky is not a bad start in that endeavor on the hockey side.
  — Chris Bumbaca, USA TODAY, 25 May 2021
• If this first idea or endeavor doesn’t take off, try again.
  — Gary Goldberg, Rolling Stone, 29 Nov. 2021
• And now, that phrase rings even truer thanks to the brand's new endeavor into skin care — but not just any skin care.
  — Marci Robin, Allure, 24 June 2019
• Having a batch of them on hand can even inspire the whole endeavor.
  — Washington Post, 9 Mar. 2021
• Cash prizes and a black-tie event are connected with the endeavor.
  — Darcel Rockett, Chicago Tribune, 10 Nov. 2022
• An unlikely alliance forms as the two endeavor to save the life of a young girl.
  — John Bleasdale, Variety, 17 June 2023
• Like any other business endeavor, start with a plan and do your best to stick to it.
  — Amy Spieth, Forbes, 4 Oct. 2022
• There are few endeavors in life that can match the pure joy of tomato that was raised within the same area code as you.
  — David Holloway For The Lede, al, 21 June 2023
• Zach is happy to spread the word about his father's endeavors each year.
  — Emily Krauser, Peoplemag, 23 Dec. 2023
• The endeavor has created more room for those wanting to grab a bite to eat.
  — Erin Sauder, Elgin Courier-News, 14 Mar. 2018
• Because who says a two-look night has to be a taxing endeavor?
  — Calin Van Paris, Vogue, 5 Mar. 2018
• Trade needs to be an asset in this endeavor, not a hindrance.
  — Andrew Stuttaford, National Review, 11 Sep. 2020

Last Updated: 1 May 2024