Word Finder - try

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An attempt.

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I gave unicycling a try but I couldn’t do it.

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An act of tasting or sampling.

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I gave sushi a try but I didn’t like it.

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A score in rugby league and rugby union, analogous to a touchdown in American football.

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Today I scored my first try.

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A screen, or sieve, for grain.

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A field goal or extra point

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To attempt; to endeavour. Followed by infinitive.

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I tried to rollerblade, but I couldn’t.

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To divide; to separate.

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To test, to work out.

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To experiment, to strive.

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To lie to in heavy weather under just sufficient sail to head into the wind.

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To strain; to subject to excessive tests.

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Repeated failures try one's patience.

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(used with another verb) To want

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I am really not trying to hear you talk about my mama like that.

Try to stay out of the woods.

Why don't you try calling your family again?

I'm ready to try again if you guys are willing.

I think the best thing to do is try to remember all the good times you had.

Now I will try to persuade you.

Can I try again?

I won't try to stop you.

Let's try another one.

They said she'd be sleepy because of the medicine, so I'll try to sleep while she is asleep.

I, too, will try, try again, till I succeed.

He would want to know, yet if he did, he might try to drive in on icy highways.

Brennan thanked us for the name and said he'd try to run down his whereabouts.

Don't try to fool and old fool.

Don't you ever try to use one of those on me again.

It is fun to try to steer by the scent of watergrasses and lilies, and of bushes that grow on the shore.

I try to live in harmony with nature.

We do understand, or at least try to.

I will try to make friends instead of enemies.

I suppose I do enjoy the work, and I try to act respectful to all our customers.

I'm willing to give it a try.

I do try not to mourn his death too sadly.

Why did he try so hard to cover his feelings?

It was so heart wrenching to Martha she insisted Howie try more than once, in an effort to succeed.

I didn't even try.

The Open Directory Project—where fifty thousand editors try to organize the web into a directory of sites for no reward at all—comes instantly to mind.

It was worth a try.

I'll try to locate a sympathetic ear from down here.

Will you try to tell me now you weren't jealous?

Give it a try.

This is a straight shot to economic poverty for any country desperate enough to try it.

Even if you don't accept this, try to accept that war is financially disadvantageous to 99 percent of the business owners in the country and that this is new and meaningful.

Try hauling those off.

I thought I would try the effect of a little belated discipline.

I sometimes try my acquaintances by such tests as this--Who could wear a patch, or two extra seams only, over the knee?

I guess I'd try to convince Quinn to let us use his stuff.

Don't I have to try?

A'Ran, I want to try one more time to discuss a peace deal.

I'm here to try to talk some sense into you.

I will try to do whatever it takes to keep you there.

I'm not going to even try to defend what you just saw, but I never cheated on you.

So the salesperson says, "If you like that suit, then come over here and try this one from Ralph Lauren."

I do not know and certainly don't want to try to prove to you that the future will be like that.

Regardless of who is "right," the harm comes if you try to do all these things at once.

I think you will like them too, so I will try to write them for you.

At the end of the day, he.d try to do what was right.

I'm far too short myself or I'd try it on.

I suppose I could try for a while, but I'm not making any promises.

You have to try to let her work through that, so she can start to think clearly again.

Please, can we try to talk about this?

Try not to worry too much.