Sentence examples for consciously trying from inspiring English sources

Were you consciously trying to blend the two things?

She was consciously trying to write against this expectation.

So I wouldn't advise consciously trying to use them.

Gwyneth's probably consciously trying to re-couple right now.

Often when I'm at my worst is when I'm consciously trying to make a statement.

And in "About Time," Mr. Nighy does so by consciously trying to do nothing at all.

But the overall effect of actors self-consciously trying to be un-self-conscious makes this feel like a New Wavish remake of "The Anniversary Party".

This is far too creaky a drama to qualify as a lost masterpiece, and it's one that often seems intent on self-consciously trying to update Wildean comedy.

The coalition would instantly have collapsed, the Arabs deserting it in anger and other allies pulling out as well.... Furthermore, we had been self-consciously trying to set a pattern for handling aggression in the post-Cold War world.

Newcomb said he's very self-consciously trying to be a perfectionist in how he builds Famo.us as a company.

It's glossy and stodgy, almost as though Jolie were self-consciously trying to make a prestige picture rather than something personal and passionate.