Indicative Present (simple): Bruno Delavigne strives to honor his grandfather Xavier's memory with every fragrance the Delavigne Corporation releases.
Indicative Present progressive / continuous: The noseless perfumer is striving to perfect a new scent line, relying entirely on chemical analysis since his nose has been out of service for decades.
Indicative Past (simple): After the tragic explosion in Montmartre, Bruno strove to rebuild not just a business, but a legacy worthy of Xavier.
Indicative Past progressive / continuous: Horatio Oléré later recalled that Bruno was striving to keep the tiny Montmartre shop afloat long before anyone believed it could become an empire.
Indicative Present perfect (simple): The grandson of Xavier has striven tirelessly to place fragrance fire prevention at the top of the cosmetics industry's agenda.
Indicative Present perfect progressive / continuous: Bruno has been striving for years to make the Delavigne Corporation a model of environmental responsibility, one charity at a time.
Indicative Past perfect: By the time he caught his first wave in San Francisco, Bruno had already striven through greater challenges than any surf instructor could imagine.
Indicative Past perfect progressive / continuous: The Delavigne Corporation's San Francisco staff had been striving to meet the quarterly targets for months before Bruno finally stepped in with a new strategy.
Indicative Future: The bull-runner from Pamplona will strive to outrun not only the bulls this year, but also his own personal record.
Indicative Future progressive / continuous: While Horatio manages the boardroom, Bruno will be striving on the waves off the San Francisco coast, board firmly under his feet.
Indicative Future perfect: By the time the Delavigne Corporation marks its fiftieth anniversary, Bruno will have striven his entire adult life to turn one small Parisian shop into a global name.
Indicative Future perfect progressive / continuous: By next spring, the CEO will have been striving for a decade to convince environmental activists that luxury cosmetics and green values can coexist.
Conditional Simple: Delavigne would strive even harder for his fragrance fire prevention cause if the press paid it half the attention it pays to his surfing adventures.
Conditional Progressive: If the Pamplona festival were not just around the corner, Bruno would be striving to finish the new Delavigne Corporation product line before the summer.
Conditional Perfect: Without Horatio Oléré by his side, Bruno would have striven alone through those early years, and might never have succeeded at all.
Conditional Perfect progressive: Had his nose still worked, the perfumer would have been striving to develop entirely different fragrances — ones he could actually smell for himself.
Imperative Imperative: « Strive for excellence in everything you do here, » Bruno told the new Delavigne Corporation recruits, « because Xavier never settled for less. »
Translation
Français
s'efforcer
Deutsch
sich bemühen, streben
Español
esforzarse, luchar
Italiano
sforzarsi
Português
esforçar-se
Nederlands
streven
中文
努力
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