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How to use tries in a sentence

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Meanwhile, Ed tries to convince Joel to treat his ailing uncle Anku, a medicine man uninterested in the services of a western doctor.
Later, he tries another, trickier approach, via an overhanging shelf of rock and ice.
He writes poetry and tries to emulate rock stars to win her over, but his voice is always breaking when he tries to sing.
I always think better of a person who is willing to admit error than one who tries to pin the blame on subordinates.
At other times, he tries too hard to show that he's just a regular guy, who enjoys the occasional pitcher of beer or toke of a joint.
The one consistent complaint about his batting is that he tries to play far too many shots.
Black tries a tricky one-pawn advance that manages to use up two more moves still without developing any of his queenside.
As much as the movie tries to deny it, the early '70s were one of the best times for rock and roll.
The stories run on almost interminably as Chandy Mathew tries to squeeze a moral out of seemingly ordinary situations.
Edinburgh scored three tries in the opening section and never lost control of the match thereafter.
The teams not only tied but scored their points in exactly the same way as each other, sharing six tries evenly.
Anyone who tries to hold them to account, therefore, is held to be a bigot or racist.
Holy Fire is not a sacral rite, but a sectarian battle standard and, as she earnestly tries to prove, a fraud.
Another delegation tries to get in, this one with more worldly clout and more success.
When either party tries to politicize God or co-opt religious communities, it makes a terrible mistake.
Last week I lamented the lack of tries in our now defence-dominated game, what with the accent on specialist prevention coaching.
Jennifer Lopez tries shimmying back into her fans' hearts by teaching Richard Gere to rumba in this remake of the Japanese hit.
Through the voices of the villagers, many of whom trace their linkage to the old Chipko movement, the film tries to understand the revolution.
Ralph tries to rouse her out of her deep sleep, but the doctors tell him it would take a miracle to wake her.
She's really intelligent but she never throws it in your face or tries to lord it over you.
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