What's the difference between shriven and striven?
Shriven
Definition:
(p. p.) of Shrive
() p. p. of Shrive.
Example Sentences:
(1) At one point the wretched man grovellingly confessed to having failed, but if he was shriven of his sins by the archbish, I missed it.
Striven
Definition:
() p. p. of Strive.
(p. p.) of Strive
Example Sentences:
(1) In acute indications for discontinuing the treatment with antithrombotics depending on the clinical urgency a gradually different discontinuation by stages should be striven for, in order to avoid thromboembolic relapses.
(2) By exact references to the mathematical derivation and to the construction a practical use is striven for.
(3) Until last night Angela Merkel and François Hollande had striven almost heroically to present a united front, visiting each other’s capitals for preparatory talks before almost every potentially contentious EU discussion on Greece.
(4) Although there are many issues with the historical accuracy of the plot, as well as the portrayal of Canadians and the Iranian people , I understand these issues, as I have made a career of producing historical films and biographies where I have striven to be as accurate as possible.
(5) We have striven for the past 12 months not to be in this situation and it is a relief amongst the vast majority of petrol tanker drivers that common sense seems to have prevailed.
(6) This will particularly damage specialities such as anaesthetics, a department that has striven to make itself family friendly.
(7) Secured by a rare goal from Gabriel Obertan this long striven for victory was not always entirely convincing but at least offers Alan Pardew a little respite as he endeavours to keep his seat in the home manager’s dugout.
(8) Another spokesman, Arthur Huang, wrote in an email: "Foxconn has provided workers with a far better environment and benefits [than] the manufacturing industry as a whole, yet has long striven to be a leader in corporate social responsibility and continuously pushes for [improvement]."
(9) It is demonstrated how quantity and distribution of the dialyses, clearance and duration of the dialysis are to be chosen in order to obtain in a patient a course of the urea concentration striven for.
(10) Recent investigations of the developments which began in 1938 show that by way of intensive efforts for a juridicial legalization of the "active euthanasia" an enlargement of this killing practice has been striven after.
(11) Despite a higher risk of a renewed extrauterine pregnancy especially in younger women without any pregnancy before and in women wishing a child with only one tube or with a pathologically changed contralateral tube, respectively, the tube-saving operation should be striven for.
(12) The mutual relationships between coronary and peripheral arterial occlusive diseases are of particular significance for the rehabilitation measures striven for.
(13) Further investigations on large populations of patients must, however, still confirm whether or not the advantages of the fix combination striven for or theoretically to be expected can be proved in practice.
(14) In these cases in the adipose asymptomatic diabetes should primarily always be striven for a normalisation of the body-weight, whereas for test persons with normal weight the indication for the buformin-therapy is given.
(15) The iodisation of the entire common salt with modified iodine concentration is striven for.
(16) It is urged that early recognition of non-A, non-B hepatitis should be striven for, because interferon therapy may lead to an improved prognosis of the disease, particularly in cases of possible transitional phase from acute to chronic disease.
(17) After a time of overstated diet prescriptions nowadays the individual nutrition of the patient with ulcer with a diet of high quality is striven for.
(18) Tsai said Liu had striven to transform China into a nation where human rights and the rule of law were respected.
(19) In recent decades the governments of the nations that surround the Bay of Bengal have striven to expand and encourage their fisheries.
(20) Transfusion must principally be striven for, taking into consideration the HLA-typing, but at present it is only limitedly possible.