How to Use aspire in a Sentence

aspire

verb

• Many South Asian women aspire to have long, silky, thick strands, with the pursuit of healthy hair embedded into our beauty routines from day one.
  — Varsha Patel, refinery29.com, 10 May 2022
• One of the pleasures—even privileges—of watching a film like this is seeing what superb actors are able to do with material that doesn’t aspire to greatness.
  — Wsj Arts, WSJ, 29 Apr. 2022
• Even though he was highly regarded for his music, Grayson didn’t initially aspire to become a DJ.
  — Marisa Whitaker, SPIN, 18 Apr. 2022
• His high school drama teacher influenced him to aspire acting, according to Variety.
  — Naledi Ushe, USA TODAY, 21 Apr. 2022
• An employer may view this sacrifice as desirable, even referring to this person among their colleagues as the model employee to which all others should aspire.
  — Dr. Terrie Hope, Forbes, 16 Oct. 2024
• But all of us can aspire to the courage to put the greater good above our own.
  — Emily Stewart, Vox, 26 Aug. 2018
• Succession and Big Little Lies may be about the ultra-wealthy, but viewers are not encouraged to aspire to be like those characters or to live in their privileged worlds.
  — Kayti Burt, refinery29.com, 28 Apr. 2022
• For a very long time the things we were supposed to aspire to be in were so stupid.
  — Jessica Radloff, Glamour, 19 Jan. 2019
• So many writers aspire to be the next J. R. R. Tolkien.
  — Sarah Schutte, National Review, 23 Oct. 2022
• The fact that that’s his favorite song speaks volumes to the kind of artist Combs aspires to be.
  — Ed Masley, The Arizona Republic, 1 June 2024
• Any home cook or aspiring chef is aware of the value of a good knife.
  — Popular Mechanics, 14 Mar. 2019
• That can present CFOs with the conundrum of where to aspire to land next.
  — Kevin Kelleher, Fortune, 12 Aug. 2022
• 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
• But the secret weapon for The Onion might well be the fact that Lawson doesn’t seem to aspire to media moguldom.
  — Steven Levy, WIRED, 3 May 2024
• 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
• Together with Nicole Scherzinger, Cowell selected the boys from the groups of aspiring singers and mentored the band throughout the competition.
  — Lily Ford, The Hollywood Reporter, 17 Oct. 2024

Last Updated: 2 Nov 2024