Word Finder - trying

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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.

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The act by which one tries something; an attempt.

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Difficult to endure; arduous.

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Irritating, stressful or bothersome.

Why were you trying to call him?

Nick was trying to wake her up so they could go to the mall.

I wondered if she was trying to "make up."

They were sitting around the fire and trying to keep themselves warm.

He's trying to change, but it isn't easy.

She cowered into her hiding place, trying to breathe softly in spite of her state of panic.

Are you trying to protect her now?

I thought your point was that I was trying to protect you.

She opened the door and slid her legs out one by one, trying to avoid contact with the car.

She was walking behind him, trying unsuccessfully to keep up with his long strides.

She stammered, trying to think of an excuse why she couldn't go.

She was trying hard not to run.

Lilith was trying to destroy the Council.

Being close enough so that she could attend college while living at home had been their rationalization, but she suspected they were also trying to stimulate her social life.

We were a pair of sobbing women trying to console each other.

We drove home with Betsy trying in vain to calm Molly down, telling her we weren't in any danger.

He had this funny, prissy way of talking, old fashioned-like... using big words when he didn't have to, always trying to impress.

I was trying to come up with an exit excuse when a gong sounded from above.

I took a deep breath trying to control myself.

I knew he wanted to remain close to Julie so I said nothing further about trying to go back.

But I've been trying for days!

I don't mind trying to make your day as good as you make mine.

This man's look was considering, as if he were trying to memorize her features in case he needed the information in the future.

She nodded, trying hard to recover from the latest surprise.

Darian's popping in and out stressed her out, and she turned up the TV, trying to lose herself in a movie as she calmed.

She looked unsettled at the idea of leaving her lab and looked around, as if trying to figure out what to take.

His tone was unassuming, but his gaze was intent, as if he were trying to gauge if she recognized him or not.

Um, boss, that Darian guy is trying to walk straight into the town.

With a frown, she wondered why she'd never seen it before, why she wasted seven years trying to make things work with someone who couldn't hold a candle to the man she was meant to be with.

Are you even trying to find Bianca?

Just have worse odds, Jule said, trying not to let his own alarm show.

He wasn't sure what her gift was or what she was trying to do, but he'd never met a Natural with her unique combination of power and strength.

Jule turned to see the guardsman sit and begin trying to pull the arrows from his chest.

He focused on it, trying to recall why he felt he should recognize the vamp.

In her defense, she thought I was trying to kill her.

I was trying to … I don't know what happened.

Jule was quiet, trying hard to remember something from before the Schism besides brief glimpses of Darian and Damian.

You exiled me for trying to protect the mortal realm.

Her father was dangerous, even if she didn't yet know what he was trying to do.

Jule looked around Yully's room, trying to digest everything he was learning about himself.

Look, Lacy, I'm not trying to be difficult.

I'm trying to help you!

The others fanned out, and she suddenly felt like a lamb surrounded by a wolf pack trying to decide what to do with her.

She wrenched away from both men and pressed the heels of her hands against her eyes, trying to stop the visions.

His crying and shifting distracted her from the strange world around her and made her head pulse, as if he were trying to pry his way into her unwilling mind.

Come on, Sofi, I'm trying to help you.

Her head hurt again, this time from trying to digest what he was telling her.

She gritted her teeth and turned to go, trying not to think of how jealous the idea of another woman made her.

She approached and knelt a safe distance from him, trying hard to see into the darkness of the corner.

Sofia stepped out of her way, trying hard to digest what she'd seen.