Long
Strive
Strive verb - To devote serious and sustained effort.
Both words in one sentence
- Men Are Strong, Women Are Pretty: Men are attractive as long as they're active and/or physically strong or strive to become so.
Source: Gender Dynamics Index -
One of the people being interviewed gives a long speech about how we should strive to reintegrate criminals, and not revel in their misery, before scoffing that he would never live in the city.
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It also mentions that those same bad boys don't last long and that a confident, yet well-mannered man is something for the guys to strive for.
Source: All Girls Want Bad Boys
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