strive after something

It is also man's duty always to strive after a vision of God's pattern in creation.

Angel, her true love, is forever striving after the highest and best in life.

"It seems that in striving after justice, I have done naught but ill."

Hunting is not an occasion for male striving after status.

But Phaethon alive, still striving after his sick, insane dream?

Was he striving after that playground to impress a mistress?

Olimpia continued striving for their second title after 1979.

Japanese restaurants often strive after an opposite impression: You're the first guest ever to dine here.

Imitation of Christ is the duty of all who strive after perfection.

They do not know nor understand that they strive after ashes.