Tries

Examples

• And that wretch stands there, and tries to make me doubt that my mother, who was an angel on earth, is an angel in heaven now! Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
• If it fails on its merits, he doesn't worry or fret about it, but, on the contrary, regards it as a useful fact learned; remains cheerful and tries something else. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• One tries to serve two masters at once. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
• When it tries to do so by sumptuary legislation, nothing but mischief is invoked. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
• You are rather too kind sometimes, and then just a trifle hasty when he tries your patience. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
• One tries each course by turns. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
• Then the soul of the thirsty one, in so far as he is thirsty, desires only drink; for this he yearns and tries to obtain it? Plato. The Republic.
• Every body pretends to feel and tries to describe with the taste and elegance of him who first defined what picturesque beauty was. Jane Austen. Sense and Sensibility.
• Oh, yes, she tries to, but she can't love Bethy as I do, and she won't miss her as I shall. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
• Well, she tries walking, Mercury rejoins. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• You mean that Sir James tries and fails. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
• For politics is an interest of men--a tool which they fabricate and use--and no comment has much value if it tries to get along without mankind. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
• No man knows how much he can spend, till he tries,' observed Mr. Weller. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• She tries him, however. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• But if any man tries to stop me, let him take care, for I am desperate. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
• But he is incapable of defending them in a discussion, and vainly tries to cover his confusion with banter and insolence. Plato. The Republic.
• He tries to do it; he says he'll bring me down and humble me, and he puts me to just the hardest, meanest and dirtiest work, on purpose! Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
• By and by she tries again. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• But He tries us to the utmost. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• That tries a man's nerves more than work, and more even than pleasure. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
• Whenever a woman tries to put you out of temper, turn the tables, and put HER out of temper instead. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
• He tries everything and never lets up, even though failure is apparently staring him in the face. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• Oxford won by a goal and two tries. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
• I love the boy, but he tries my patience past bearing, and I know how it will end, if we go on so. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
• It is conceivable that the fellow might hold it back to see what bids come from this side before he tries his luck on the other. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
• He is often overcome by gloom, and then he sits by himself, and tries to overcome all that is sullen or unsocial in his humour. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
• Lammle tries to break the force of the fall, by remarking that some people do not like town. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• But, because all other time measures are more or less imperfect, our government tries to compare its standard clock with the ultimate standard every day. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• Nothing is more instructive than a socialist experience meeting at which everyone tries to tell how he came to be converted. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
• She tries to learn everything, and really goes to market beyond her years, likewise keeps accounts, with my help, quite wonderful. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.

Edited by Ian