trying
Example Sentences
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There are worse things than needing to escape a world trying to crush you.
From Salon ● Jul. 20, 2026
Williams said he was trying to "keep her talking" while he was "trying to find something in his bag".
From BBC ● Jul. 20, 2026
But she is encouraged that the school is trying to find solutions.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 20, 2026
With “Harlem Shuffle,” Whitehead begins his crime trilogy in the 1960s in a furniture store with stylish midcentury stock whose owner, Ray Carney, is trying not to be a fence.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 20, 2026
“The animals should rest a full day before trying to cross the river,” argues Caesar.
From "Will’s Race for Home" by Jewell Parker Rhodes
