college try

Example Sentences

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When supervisors at her college try to comfort Agnes, their solace is hollow.

From Salon • Jul. 28, 2025

That said, you can hardly blame Zuckerberg for wanting to give it the old college try.

From Washington Post • Nov. 3, 2022

But Dickert seems willing to give it the old college try.

From Seattle Times • Oct. 19, 2021

In search of the truth, I decided to give a recent episode of each of seven higher-profile podcasts that use this format the old college try.

From Slate • Jun. 18, 2021

Probably he had said to someone to give something the old college try, and that had finished him; that would probably be grounds for expulsion at Harvard.

From "A Separate Peace" by John Knowles