How to Use aspire in a Sentence

aspire

verb
Definition of aspirenext
Synonyms for aspirenext
  • But all of us can aspire to the courage to put the greater good above our own.
    — Emily Stewart, Vox, 26 Aug. 2018
  • For a very long time the things we were supposed to aspire to be in were so stupid.
    — Jessica Radloff, Glamour, 19 Jan. 2019
  • Any home cook or aspiring chef is aware of the value of a good knife.
    — Popular Mechanics, 14 Mar. 2019
  • The forecast for the first two rounds Wednesday and Thursday is in the same range — the low 60s — as golfers aspire to shoot.
    — Kirk Kenney, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 Jan. 2024
  • The ratio of whipped cream to pudding is what all slices should aspire to.
    — Rachel Karten, Bon Appétit, 1 Nov. 2019
  • Those specs misled those of us who aspired to be like the top shooters.
    — David Pogue, Scientific American, 3 July 2017
  • All golfers aspire to add more distance to their drive.
    — Jen Murphy, WSJ, 16 June 2022
  • But that is surely no bad thing in somebody who aspires to the top job.
    — The Economist, 28 Apr. 2018
  • Both teams aspire to not only make the playoffs but make a deep run.
    — Dan Labbe, cleveland, 10 Oct. 2021
  • So that’s how the aspiring forest dwellers get their food.
    — Martin Fritz Huber, Outside Online, 28 June 2018
  • Good to see there are people such as Taufatofua for kids to aspire to be.
    — Ed Barkowitz, Philly.com, 15 Feb. 2018
  • Customers and lifestyles and what the young guys are aspiring to is new.
    — Nicole Phelps, Vogue, 6 Feb. 2020
  • Nine-year-old Lena, who aspires to be a cook like her mom, had blueberry bread in the oven.
    — Marcella Bombardieri, The Atlantic, 30 May 2018
  • An aspiring singer, Azriel, then an eleventh grader, jumped at the chance.
    — Morgan Jerkins, Teen Vogue, 9 Jan. 2019
  • These days, an owner increasingly aspires to control the team, the venue, and the land around the venue.
    — Bill Shaikin, Los Angeles Times, 1 Nov. 2023
  • Back then, Muñiz had a boyfriend and did not aspire to ever have children.
    — Washington Post, 10 Feb. 2022
  • Over the years, skeptics have raised questions about why schools should even aspire to join it.
    — Nick Anderson, Washington Post, 1 June 2023
  • The book was clearly well researched and aspired to answer some of the key questions that are at the heart of the faith-and-work movement.
    — David L. Bahnsen, National Review, 20 Jan. 2024
  • That is one way of achieving success, but not one that many places would aspire to.
    — Nathaniel Taplin, WSJ, 8 Nov. 2022
  • In late 2021, at a camp outside Philly for the top U.S. breakers, a coach asked any aspiring Olympians to raise their hands.
    — Sean Gregory, TIME, 5 Mar. 2024
  • Dries Van Noten spoke up for the decent adult male who can still aspire to creative thought.
    — Vogue, 22 Jan. 2019
  • Her wardrobe, which is mostly made up of bold black pieces, has long been the envy of anyone who aspired to dress on the edge.
    — Hilary Weaver, Vanities, 26 May 2017
  • Jones didn’t aspire to run a major news outlet in her younger days.
    — Brian Steinberg, Variety, 7 Oct. 2021
  • The kitchen, adjacent to the dining room, is any aspiring chef’s dream.
    — Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 18 Oct. 2023
  • The alto hung in with the grim passion that only mezzos can aspire to.
    — Kevin Fisher-Paulson, SFChronicle.com, 16 June 2020
  • What Woods has given us is the awesome power to aspire.
    — Paul Daugherty, The Enquirer, 24 Feb. 2021
  • Many of Ross’s biggest fans are not even aspiring painters.
    — Julia Lyon, Washington Post, 13 July 2018
  • Until last year, even aspiring to such change and sense of safety seemed out of reach.
    — Scott Peterson, The Christian Science Monitor, 7 May 2018
  • It’s very much a device that aspires to give you answers instead of web links.
    — Dieter Bohn, The Verge, 26 July 2018
  • Frank had aspired to make a seventies-style thriller, in the fashion of Alan J. Pakula.
    — Patrick Radden Keefe, The New Yorker, 25 Dec. 2023

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