How to Use driven in a Sentence

driven

adjective
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  • They are driven, successful people.
  • Again, this is a hell of a lot easier with a driven dog.
    — Tony J. Peterson, Outdoor Life, 24 Feb. 2020
  • Durant has always been one of the most driven players in the NBA.
    — Michael Rosenberg, SI.com, 18 Sep. 2017
  • Aiming for the far corner, his driven effort just clipped the post and ran wide.
    — SI.com, 14 Mar. 2018
  • Some other whale had gnawed off Ahab’s leg; the white whale was as innocent as the driven snow.
    — Elizabeth Kolbert, The New Yorker, 4 Sep. 2023
  • Alex describes Thanasis, 31, as very driven and bold in his style.
    — Tania Ganguli, New York Times, 24 Aug. 2023
  • Karim Benzema made it two with a low, driven finish on the half-hour mark.
    — SI.com, 17 Feb. 2018
  • Olivia is hoping to meet a loyal, loving and driven man.
    — Stephanie Wenger, Peoplemag, 4 Jan. 2023
  • Everyone's driven and ready to bring Bringston Univeristy to life and bring the characters to life.
    — Alamin Yohannes, EW.com, 6 July 2021
  • Nia Long—again, a type—is the very driven Black woman who’s at the top of a news organization.
    — The New Yorker, 14 Feb. 2023
  • The war has left half a million people dead and driven millions out of the country since the conflict erupted in 2011.
    — Frank Jordans, Star Tribune, 1 June 2021
  • The subtitle reveals that these tired souls are more driven than drawn.
    — Bonnie Blodgett, Twin Cities, 21 Jan. 2017
  • And given how many people die in human-driven cars every year, that could save lives in the long run.
    — Timothy B. Lee, Ars Technica, 4 June 2018
  • There are easier ways for a smart and driven person to earn a living.
    — Los Angeles Times, 28 June 2021
  • That experience helps Meade stay driven to help Alaskans quit -- and stay quit.
    — Anchorage Daily News, 12 July 2020
  • In his first game since the snub, Sexton certainly looked driven to prove his naysayers wrong.
    — Chris Fedor, cleveland, 2 Feb. 2020
  • As a dancer, Ella is passionate, driven, and committed to the craft of dance.
    — Heide Janssen, Orange County Register, 17 Mar. 2024
  • But, as is often the case with driven people who genuinely have a love for academia, that wasn’t enough to fulfill her.
    — Ruhama Wolle, Glamour, 13 July 2021
  • Schultz, who died Thursday at 80 from cardiac arrest, was a driven man.
    — Kyle Neddenriep, The Indianapolis Star, 8 Oct. 2021
  • Not as savage as, say, a Rimac Nevera, but that comes with more than twice the power, four driven wheels, and a £2 million price tag.
    — Alex Goy, WIRED, 19 Dec. 2022
  • Friends and acquaintances describe a driven man with a fierce intellect and a healthy ego.
    — oregonlive, 29 Sep. 2019
  • Bence remembered Geis as a smart, intense and driven athlete -- much like Prefontaine, also on the team at the time.
    — oregonlive, 31 Oct. 2019
  • Jupiter, the planet of abundance, spends its last full week in the bold Fire sign of Aries, and all zodiac signs are likely to feel more driven as a result.
    — Dossé-Via, refinery29.com, 9 May 2023
  • One of the things about the FBI is that it’s filled with very intelligent, very ambitious, very driven people.
    — Danielle Turchiano, Variety, 24 Nov. 2021
  • In our driving, the switch from two to four driven wheels was all but imperceptible.
    — Michael Simari, Car and Driver, 8 Dec. 2017
  • Kreiz, an Israeli who's been described in press accounts as a driven workout junkie, made his first mark in the mid 1990s, just a few years out of business school.
    — Bloomberg, latimes.com, 26 Apr. 2018
  • Platt will play a driven high school student who is determined to work his way to the presidency.
    — Paula Bernstein, Fortune, 16 Sep. 2019
  • Her older brother, Blake, told Dateline that Loghan is very driven.
    — NBC News, 8 Feb. 2022
  • Madeline Kingston is a much more direct, much more driven, and a harder character than Matty Matlock.
    — Lynette Rice, Deadline, 22 Sep. 2024
  • By-the-book, officious, Lucy is extremely ambitious and driven, but hides those qualities behind an icy determination to do the right thing.
    — Denise Petski, Deadline, 3 July 2024

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