endeavouring in English

verb

1

try hard to do or achieve something.

he is endeavoring to help the Third World

synonyms: try, attempt, seek, undertake, aspire, aim, set out, strive, struggle, labor, toil, work, exert oneself, apply oneself, do one's best, do one's utmost, give one's all, be at pains, have a go, have a shot, have a stab, give something one's best shot, do one's damnedest, go all out, bend over backwards, essay

verb

• try, attempt, seek, undertake, aspire, aim, set out, strive, struggle, labor, toil, work, exert oneself, apply oneself, do one's best, do one's utmost, give one's all, be at pains, have a go, have a shot, have a stab, give something one's best shot, do one's damnedest, go all out, bend over backwards, essay
• strive

Use "endeavouring" in a sentence

1. 8 Engineers are endeavouring to locate the source of the problem.

2. 14 synonyms for Aspiring: hopeful, longing, would-be, ambitious, eager, striving, endeavouring

3. Whatever its legal status, considerable amounts of money have recently been spent endeavouring to maintain it.

4. Synonyms for Assaying include trying, attempting, endeavouring, endeavoring, essaying, scrutinising, scrutinizing, seeking, striving and undertaking

5. Instead of endeavouring to penetrate its ten-foot thick walls, the rebels invited Grenville out to parley.

6. Secondly, they are endeavouring, by adopting preventive war against terrorism, to prepare the people to accept new interventions and wars.

7. The Government, NGOs and the relevant associations are endeavouring, through education and awareness programmes, to persuade people to abandon customs that discriminate against women.

8. Buzkashi is Afghanistan's national game and is a brutal struggle between men endeavouring to ride around an unmarked area holding onto a calf's carcass befor

9. 345: St Petersburg was endeavouring to restore its Amour propre in Central Asia following the hurried departure of its mission from Afghanistan and the disappointing outcome of its recent war with Turkey.

10. The process of change in the economy and manufacturing spheres is continuous and fast moving: the various industrial sectors and their operators adapt and innovate to keep abreast of market evolution, endeavouring to remain competitive and create ever greater growth and profit opportunities.

11. James and Isabella led the way; and so well satisfied was the latter with her lot, so Contentedly was she endeavouring to ensure a pleasant walk to him who brought the double recommendation of being her brother's friend, and her friend's brother, so pure and uncoquettish were her feelings, that, though they overtook and passed the two offending