Sentence examples for as tried to from inspiring English sources

She recoiled if Roosevelt so much as tried to give her a hug.

As many politicians and "advocates" of all races and ethnicities cynically exploited the tensions as tried to soothe them.

What is most humorous about those who espouse these theories is that they themselves are little more than armchair quarterbacks, who would drop dead if they so much as tried to stroll to the corner store, let alone tried to wield their blackness at a track meet.

(His earlier films include "Xica," "Bye-Bye Brazil" and "Subway to the Stars".) He has not so much remade "Black Orpheus" as tried to correct it and to bring the mythic resonances of the original play into line with the complicated realities of contemporary Brazil.

In this pre-crypto, pre-AI boom, Airware scored a ton of hype from us and others as tried to prove drones could be more than war machines.

While I pretended to be equally as ecstatic that my son was moving on to pursue his dream, each time I so much as tried to crack a smile, my eyes would well up with tears.

"There is nothing as painful as trying to eat breakfast".

They saw us as trying to help them.

We see ourselves as trying to restore democracy.

Defenders of Mr. Gotti Tedeschi see him as trying to improve the transparency of the Vatican finances, while they see Cardinal Bertone as trying to impede his efforts.

"I'm a work in progress, as far as trying to get back," Pettitte said.