Sentence examples for anxiously tried from inspiring English sources

As the days slipped by, Giovanni anxiously tried to conclude the sale of the house.

Gary Washington, through his sign-language interpreters, told of a sense of foreboding that had hung over him on the day of the shooting, and how he had anxiously tried to reach his mother that night.

Two weeks ago, as Lehman Brothers filed for bankruptcy, Bank of America rescued Merrill Lynch, and regulators and bankers anxiously tried to figure out how to save the Street from itself, the world's affluent plunked down more than $200 million in a two-day auction in London, snapping up the latest works by the British artist Damien Hirst.

Everyone is anxiously trying to find out whether aid has reached the survivors.

Those leaders are anxiously trying to work out what November's comprehensive spending review will mean for their services.

NEW YORK — Politicians anxiously trying to work out just how serious the current economic difficulties are might like to take a look at the art market.

But there are conflicting reports from colleagues and friends who have been anxiously trying to ascertain their whereabouts, and who question the reasons for the delay.

MOSCOW — Lilya Paizulayeva descended into the subway anxiously, trying to keep her distance from the crowds and the newly deployed and heavily armed police officers.

On the other, Song Pan, a 22-year-old music student, stood anxiously, trying to find out if his father was alive.

She does jumping jacks in the motel courtyard, calls her best friend in Juneau from the motel pay phone and anxiously tries to reminisce about their shitty high-school band.

The problem for most people, of course, is figuring out how to use the right gestures that reinforce their verbal message — all while anxiously trying to remember what to say.