Sentence examples for I tried telling from inspiring English sources

If I tried telling a joke or a funny story — and I didn't often try that, I assure you — they'd sit in their chairs and chew their food.

I tried telling that to myself the next night, when I woke a little before 2 a.m.

"I tried telling them the warrant had been rescinded, but it was still there in the computer," he said.

I tried telling him I was writing a book, that I was an academic, but nothing worked.

I tried telling this book in all sorts of ways, from different points of view and in different voices, until I settled on a working method.

Even I tried telling her 'Don't use your money unwisely.' We looked, and there was so much petroleum in the ground it was unbelievable.

"Each place I tried told me I was a different size," said Ms. Ramamurthy.

I try telling my brain: stop sending words to the mouth.

No one has ever tried telling me I'm wrong.

"I tried," she told me.

I tried to tell his story.