TRYING in a Sentence

Learn TRYING from example sentences; some of them are from classic books. These examples are selected from a corpus with 300,000 sentences, including classic works and current mainstream media. Some sentences also link to their contexts.
420 example sentences for TRYING, such as:
1. I'm trying not to be sentimental about the past.
2. The museum is trying to attract a wider audience.
3. I can accept failure,but I can't accept not trying.
4. She jabbered away, trying to distract his attention.
5. The press agent tied himself in knots trying to apologise.
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Animal Farm by George Orwell
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 Meanings and Examples of TRYING
trying
 a.  extremely irritating to the nerves
 a.  hard to endure
Classic Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
1  And she fusses around so much, trying to do the right thing and make you feel at home, that she always manages to say and do just exactly the wrong thing.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER I
2  "Miss Ellen Robillard," said Gerald, trying to speak casually, for the slightly tilting dark eyes of Ellen Robillard had taken more than his eye.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER III
3  "I must run upstairs and smooth my hair," she told Stuart and Brent, who were trying to get her cornered from the crowd.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER VI
4  She had known heartbreak herself, and night after night she lay beside the snoring Gerald, trying to think of some way to lessen Scarlett's distress.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER VII
5  But now the Confederate ports were stoppered with Yankee gunboats, only a trickle of blockade-run goods was slipping in from Europe, and the South was desperately trying to manufacture her own war materials.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER VIII
6  Poor thing, she gets that queer look and I know she's trying not to cry.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER IX
7  Scarlett kicked the coverlet in impotent rage, trying to think of something bad enough to say.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER IX
8  "I think we should go," said Scarlett, trying to curb her eagerness and to keep her face earnest and simple.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER IX
9  You could make him apologize for being a cur and forgive him so sweetly that he would hang around trying to kiss you a second time.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER IX
10  Though caught unawares, the blockader made a graceful bow--too graceful, thought Scarlett, trying to analyze it.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER IX
11  "I have nothing more to say to you, Captain Butler," she said as formally as she could, trying to draw the rags of her dignity about her.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER IX
12  Everyone edged forward, in anticipation, trying to imagine what the sedate doctor could propose that would be shocking.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER IX
13  It was almost as if he were trying to believe there wasn't any war.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XI
14  Oh, she used awful grammar but I could see she was trying so hard to be elegant, poor thing.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XIII
15  The major in charge didn't want to let that out until the printing was done, for fear the crowd would wreck the offices trying to get news.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XIV
Example Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
1  I'm trying not to be sentimental about the past.
2  I can accept failure,but I can't accept not trying.
3  Now the government is trying another policy designed to achieve the same end.
4  The administration is trying to stem the flood of refugees out of Haiti and into Florida.
5  The press agent tied himself in knots trying to apologise.
6  No matter how many mistakes you make or how slow you progress, you are still way ahead of everyone who isn't trying.
7  George worried along six months trying to support a large family.
8  We're trying to cut down on the amount of paperwork involved.
9  He would not torture her further by trying to argue with her.
10  I've been rushing around all day trying to get everything done.
11  The artist pored over every drawing,trying to guess who drew each one.
12  She jabbered away, trying to distract his attention.
13  The museum is trying to attract a wider audience.
14  The vice - president is trying to usurp the president's authority.
15  That might provoke a riot, the very thing he was trying to avoid.