Sentence examples for act of trying from inspiring English sources

[Mr. Newman pantomimes the act of trying to close an overstuffed bag.] My God, that's wonderful.

Who knew the simple act of trying your hair in a ponytail could look so malevolent?

The problem is not really with accomplishments themselves, but the act of trying to rack them up.

Filmmaking is the act of "trying to put your dreams on a flat screen outside of your brain," he added.

But the very act of trying only invites Mr. Gore's opponents to portray him as reinventing himself again.

He found that the very act of trying to explain those feelings often altered them, for better or worse.

This very act of trying stale facts may well, ironically, produce a second trial no more reliable as a matter of getting at the truth than the first.

Even the act of trying to make the same style of wine from year to year is a difficult task as harvest brings different fruit each year.

The Fed now faces a tricky balancing act of trying to nudge rates up from historic lows while not choking off a recovery.

DALLAS — For many players in baseball, the maddening act of trying to hit the knuckleballs thrown by R. A. Dickey and Tim Wakefield is like having teeth pulled.

On March 2, 1962, Mr. Costikyan was elected Democratic leader and began a balancing act of trying to democratize the party while still dealing with its old guard.