Trying
Meanings and phrases
trying
- hard to endure
- extremely irritating to the nerves; nerve-racking; nerve-wracking; stressful
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- While trying to get out of town, Alvin gets them lost.
- We were really just trying to get back to fun.
- Ogie stays with Emma while trying to get home.
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- Its characters that are lost trying to find themselves.
- While trying to find an exit, he is chased by a female ghost.
- Graeme, an alien disguised as a human, is trying to find Cameron.
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- I'm just trying to make the area better for them."
- I wasn't trying to make an integrated circuit".
- I am trying to make something very different.
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- Conner's peripheral is killed while trying to escape.
- The nurses see them trying to escape, and call for the M.P.'s.
- While he is trying to escape, he discovers he has psychic powers.
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- Companies face large challenges when trying to implement CRM systems.
- This concept is very important when trying to optimize a synthetic plan.
- The deities of the upper planes often employ her power when trying to stop wars.
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- This can lead to bears trying to kill themselves.
- Before dying, Conklin confessed to trying to kill Cross.
- I don't want to run around trying to kill people and cuss.
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- In one case she got injured trying to save Tai Yung.
- She explains she is trying to save his life.
- Meanwhile, Louise is trying to save Matt.
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- In this one, they're all lost and they're trying to keep it together".
- Nancy discovers someone is trying to keep her away from Charlottesville.
- They succeeded, but were facing financial trouble trying to keep the hospital open.
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- I was just trying to take care of him," she said.
- Worried that David is trying to take his throne, Saul turns on David.
- He was believed to have been trying to take photographs of the NDP fireworks.
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- It’s more than me that I am trying to help.
- He's last seen trying to help Toshihiko when he goes to battle Ōba.
- In addition the U.S. was also trying to help Afghan pilots learn to fly at night.
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- It shows the futility of trying to stop this.
- But then his forces were depleted in Iraq, trying to stop the Khawarij.
- The deities of the upper planes often employ her power when trying to stop wars.
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- Bush reacted in moderate fashion trying to avoid a major break.
- The committees in the quarters erected barricades trying to avoid further losses.
- Suddenly he realized that he was storming Sir Adib, which he had been trying to avoid.
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- Noonan sits beside him, still trying to retrieve the stolen jewel.
- This results in a feedback loop that scientists are still trying to understand.
- He is still trying to get over the effects of the drugs through self-medication.
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- We are just trying to convince the network do it again.
- Nikhil keeps trying to convince Neha but only gets rejection.
- Meanwhile, Anushka's father is trying to convince her to marry.
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- Paul is trying to break through the social barriers dividing people.
- She was sentenced to six months for trying to break in to the House of Commons.
- Rimmer Dall imprisons Par Ohmsford at Southwatch and starts trying to break into his mind.
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- He is trying to protect the historical monument of Maramures.
- Stewart says he was not trying to cover up anything but was trying to protect Allen.
- Vino Rosso's rider John Velasquez said he felt like Geroux was trying to protect Justify.
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- I'm just trying to make the area better for them."
- I was just trying to take care of him," she said.
- We were really just trying to get back to fun.
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- Hausdorff was not trying to copy or even exceed Nietzsche.
- I'm not trying to make an urban mixtape.
- But I'm not trying to hide my mistake."
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- Dampier was trying to reach Cocos from New Holland.
- We were trying to reach you to get your opinion.
- It turns out to be Keetongu climbing up the Coliseum trying to reach them.
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- Soon they were trying to figure out what was going on.
- He's trying to figure out the message Mr. Smith is trying to send.
- Coll is imprisoned in a prison called Southwatch and is trying to figure out a way to escape.
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- He is trying to create a legend.
- The thing which I'm trying to create is of the thirties; Keaton and Chaplin".
- TACO was trying to create a distraction for NAF, but bondik saw the Canadian player and took him down.
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- She was arrested after trying to sell the jewelry of victims.
- Some institutional investors admitted trying to sell Countrywide paper.
- Since 1844 Pennsylvania had been trying to sell its unprofitable investment.
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- When he refused to pay, they accused him of trying to steal Kiryanov's share.
- One night, they discover her trying to steal from their mansion and offer her a deal.
- He was imprisoned for trying to steal the Magic Pendulum - which brings toys to life.
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- The film revolves around three sisters trying to prevent their father from remarrying.
- The novel concerns a group of FBI agents trying to prevent a massive bioterrorist attack.
- A security guard named Rolf (Wiesnekker) spends his days trying to prevent shoplifting at a department store.
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- "I've spent five years trying to win this race.
- It was afraid of Rusty and was trying to win him over.
- In love with Sae, Kanji follows her around, trying to win her over.
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- They followed the process of trying to bring the book back to shelves.
- Browne said at the time: "We are trying to bring it back to its original state.
- Of the choice, she said, "We are trying to bring something positive to the country.
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- "It took some time trying to gather all of the information."
- He was spending his spare time trying to teach our young guys to pitch.
- Once again he spent much of his time trying to keep Bayi in the top tier of the league system.
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- Unlike most exploitation directors, they were not trying to establish a reputation.
- Estrada's manager said he was trying to establish a new and separate identity from "CHiPs".
- Two laboratories trying to establish a single shared reference frame will face important issues involving alignment.
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- Tommy is conflicted, trying to understand who this woman is to him.
- This results in a feedback loop that scientists are still trying to understand.
- After reading this, Frannie spends the rest of the book trying to understand hope.
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- A desperate Brown had dropped for goal trying to gain the winning points.
- The album focuses on shorter, radio-friendly songs, as the group was trying to gain some airplay.
- Manheim claimed that many arsons were "just people trying to gain acceptance" within the black metal scene.
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- Cynthia Potter is a skilled pianist trying to catch the eye of concert promoter Eric Wainwright.
- While trying to catch the thieves, Nancy must catch a woman named Mitzi Channing who is using Nancy's identity.
- As the summer progresses, Brandy has several sexual encounters with Cameron and other boys, all while trying to catch Rusty's eye.
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- In the 2000s, the club began trying to persuade fans to drop their Jewish image.
- Let's stop the humiliation of trying to persuade the powers that be to legalize abortion.
- Instead, he toured Lewis trying to persuade them that their future lay with him and not in the crofting system.
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- Together they were trying to build a machine that would stop time.
- From then the army is trying to build interest by drip, drip, drip.
- Using the same analogy, imagine trying to build a wall or a building with polished marble statues.
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- People are now trying to use myostatin as a medicine.
- On trying to use a concealed radio, they find it has been stolen and Hunslett’s body left in its place.
- While trying to use leftover egg whites, he managed to make a firm meringue and decided to add gelatine to it.
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- He changed the challenge every year, always trying to make it more complex and exciting.
- Upon release, the band said "We're always trying to do something different, at least within what we feel is The Presets.
- The Greek architects and sculptors were always trying to find the mathematical relation, that would lead to the esthetic perfection.
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- Many Kelmendi people fled, and some were executed trying to cross the border.
- Later in the song, the singer is frustrated by trying to cross the street amidst traffic.
- In September 1859 his compass-man drowned in trying to cross the Rio Grande near Cochiti.
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- I look back and I think that was Shooter trying to force me off the book".
- The Russians pressed back the Swiss vanguard, trying to force them back into the river.
- That night, Cheonnyeon Jangja appeared again, trying to force Wongang Ami into sexual union again, as the child was born.
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- We're trying to put our litter in our neighbour’s garden."
- Crews remained on scene for several days trying to put out hot spots.
- Sethe said that she was "trying to put my babies where they would be safe."
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- As far as being the new guy in here having to deal with politics and people trying to control you.
- Sucimukha (needle-face): An ever-suspicious man is always wary of people trying to grab his wealth.
- "“There were people trying to knock each other out of their wheelchairs, shouting, swearing and arguing.
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- It then became apparent what Balmain had been trying to achieve.
- Elizabeth was trying to achieve the election of her protege with all the means.
- While trying to achieve this goal she finds the rest of her life simply falling apart.
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- This led to Rogue trying to rescue Cody in Louisiana.
- It's at this moment that people help Lee in trying to rescue the police officer.
- Alpha, Bravo, and Cordova navigate through a Mexican ghetto & are captured after trying to rescue T.W.O.
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- But in trying to capture young animals alive, the deaths of older wild animals and animals used as bait did occur.
- From then on, it's a battle of wits between Woody and the German, the clockmaker trying to capture the elusive Woody.
- The Autobots mount a response, trying to capture the facsimile and a battle breaks out, with Prowl and Hot Rod capturing the facsimile.
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- Tarun suspects Laxman to be the mischief-maker, trying to prove his points.
- Usually when trying to prove that two sets are equal, one aims to show these two inclusions.
- Berkeley has been trying to prove the existence of God throughout his beliefs in immaterialism.
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- He performed CPR, desperately trying to save her and succeeded.
- She has a renegade squad that is desperately trying to free the Captain.
- As they struggle, Patrick desperately trying to tell Charlie what is really happening, Gemma dies.
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- The defenders fled to mountains rather than trying to defend the town.
- He failed to make the club the following Spring, and retired rather than trying to latch on with a new team.
- Jujutsu expresses the philosophy of yielding to an opponent's force rather than trying to oppose force with force.
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- Noyce himself admitted, "I was trying to solve a production problem.
- It felt like creating a jigsaw puzzle and trying to solve it at the same time.
- She then starred in "Rakht" as a tarot card reader trying to solve a murder mystery.
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- Strelzyk continued trying to improve the burner.
- It was heavily influenced by Sweden and was also trying to improve financial sustainability.
- The 2006 Baltimore Ravens season began with the team trying to improve on their 6–10 record of 2005.
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- Malaysia Hockey League is trying to change that by bringing in regional flavor.
- Naina tells Reeta that Sudheer was trying to change Neeta's property to his name.
- Watterson spent much of his career trying to change the climate of newspaper comics.
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- The woman was trying to raise money for a stem-cell procedure she needed to save her life.
- His position was not yet secure, as Ibn Masal was among the tribes of Upper Egypt, trying to raise additional troops.
- In 1762 the city was briefly occupied by Danish forces who were trying to raise money to fight a coming war with Russia.
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- Antonucci spent months designing the show, before trying to sell it to Nickelodeon.
- Magny fought one more time before trying out for the popular reality TV series, The Ultimate Fighter.
- The town was defended by 400 men, women and children who held out for twelve days before trying to break out.
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- The ships were trying to enter the Black Sea
- The organization also supports local companies trying to enter the foreign markets.
- I was a young fellow, trying to enter the industry, which was very difficult because I had no track record.
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- He was left humiliated by the demotion and later accused Advocaat of trying to destroy him.
- While the British were trying to destroy it by dropping the barrels into a well, the powder ignited.
- They then head to the moon, where they believe Medusa is and trying to destroy the moon's guarding power.
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- "I've spent five years trying to win this race.
- Warner Bros. spent seven years trying to get the project off the ground.
- He decided to spend three years trying to sing and if failing, he would return to study.
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- A PCC spokesman said "We're trying to work out what the complaints are.
- Some time later, Ed and his wife are trying to work things out and Amy realizes her feelings for Ed.
- The ALBC is still locating populations of the Spanish goats and trying to work to preserve those strains.
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- We were constantly trying to hide in the shadows.
- But I'm not trying to hide my mistake."
- You're trying to hide from me!"
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- He warned against trying to maintain, and to spread or mimic worldwide, the American standard of living of the late 20th century.
- Anne's best friend and actor Archibald is trying to maintain a good environment for the actors while they shoot Anne's next film.
- "Lost Ones" is about a couple splitting up but trying to maintain their pride, and then realising that in reality they do regret it.
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- Alexa said "Writing this song was a way of trying to come to terms with the sudden death of a friend.
- "We are trying to come out every day and every weekend to prove to the world that UCLA is who UCLA is."
- Struggling to find a name for the band, Stephen suggested it; "We were all sitting around trying to come up with a name.
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- This was one of the areas where the Iraqis were trying to flee Kuwait.
- Hera sent a gadfly to madden the heifer, and Io roamed the world trying to flee it.
- Men were hanged, whilst many others are said to have drowned trying to flee across the sea to Scotland.
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- Yin also gives Dee the fabric Yuan was trying to write on.
- I was trying to write a song about dead things coming to life.
- He explained, "Our summer is just gonna be trying to write, jam.
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- Both Ulysses S. Grant and Theodore Roosevelt were attacked for trying to obtain a third non-consecutive term.
- He stayed in Japan for three years, trying to obtain a Red Seal permit, but finally left in 1627, with the simple status of a foreign ship.
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- Most times, accomplished players choose to position balls near their pocket instead of trying to actually pocket them.
- He explained that "instead of trying to explain mystical experience," he "tr[ies] to create a context and a vocabulary that maybe gets at [a philosophy] slightly more."
- In 1958–59 he played too defensively and surrendered the initiative too readily to Richie Benaud and he concentrated on saving runs instead of trying to get batsmen out.
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- In 1809, he traveled through Mississippi Territory trying to recover his fortune.
- They were trying to recover their grazing land at the foot of Mount Taylor, their sacred Turquoise Mountain.
- In this version, while flying through a violent thunderstorm, Valentine is in the lavatory trying to recover from a panic attack.
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- It is your instinct trying to tell you something is off.
- I'm trying to tell a story.
- "I was trying to tell her we were on the same page, that I was her only ally.
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- On the descent of the Colle Dell'Agnello, Kruijswijk crashed whilst trying to follow Nibali.
- Tragedy struck in December 1977 when Callan Junior drowned whilst trying to save a young girl.
- Conrad balances work, life, friends and family whilst trying to remember that love is out there.
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- The show also usually featured a medicine man trying to sell cough syrup as a miracle drug.
- Doc struggles to get him free; the braking train kills the child and the man trying to save him.
- The series and his performance as a young man trying to win the love of a divorcee were positively received.
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- It was revealed that Susan had been trying to become pregnant, but to no avail due to infertility.
- At that time, Russia was trying to become closer with Europe, but it also had interests in the East.
- However, when Pete gets seriously hurt trying to become the Ultimate Fighting Champion, she breaks up with him.
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- Just like trying to explain something complex to a drunk man.
- Shinju started having ideas about writing the book while trying to explain wastefulness to her child.
- The picture ends with the broadcaster trying to explain things as bottles and cushions whiz around his microphone.
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- Other petroglyphs, we can only speculate about what the people were trying to say.
- He instantly begins to blame Amy, who leaves quickly before Ed can figure out what Dougie is trying to say.
- I was just trying to say that, and did it in kind of a roundabout way which took a lot more time, I suppose, than they would have liked."
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- Investigators are still trying to determine the type of bombs that were used in the first attack.
- While trying to determine who stole Lisa's Malibu Stacy car, Homer holds Bart as his prime suspect.
- Police were trying to determine the identity of a vehicle that had been spotted driving away from the site of the explosion.
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- This is referred to as passing or "trying to pass" depending how successful the person is.
- In 1982 starred in the successful "Gabriel y Gabriela", on which she played the role of a young woman trying to pass as a man.
- On 2 October 2006 Chervochkin had been part of a group of 50 national-bolsheviks detained while trying to pass the State Duma in Moscow.
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- The EV industry is trying to develop an “inductive” charging solution.
- Crompton, who was trying to develop cross-country vehicles for the Army.
- This was made possible by parliament trying to develop feminist policies.
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- She is also seen breaking down on a number of occasions, trying to hold her family together.
- The Cardinals came up to bat in the bottom of the ninth inning with Hoyt trying to hold on to his six-run lead.
- Newly widowed mother Sally Harrison is trying to hold down a job as an assistant to Mr Campbell, a veterinarian.
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- He grows up trying to "outrun" Faison's shadow.
- The next day, three Malian army units gave up trying to lift the siege.
- However, Tommasi had not given up trying to regain control of the NSWPP.
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- His interpreter was shot dead while trying to run away.
- Harvick passed Kahne on lap 295 and began trying to run down Edwards.
- Theresa is found at the airport, and tries to evade the police, but is soon discovered trying to run away.
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- The defenders fled to mountains rather than trying to defend the town.
- Peter stepped into the ring as the champion trying to defend his title.
- Ensign Wetherell was killed while trying to defend MacCarthy's body and Williams taken prisoner.