Sentence examples for honest try from inspiring English sources

But I think he would give it a more honest try.

In the past, I've encouraged Met patrons to give chancy stagings an honest try.

The fans who stuck around had stopped booing LeBron when he touched the ball, hoping perhaps at the end that the score might stay close enough for him to make an honest try at fifty points.

"And realistic enough to know that the main benefit of engagement may turn out to be that it showed the world we gave it an honest try and they need to join now for much tougher steps".

Mr. President, it would be a travesty if we all wanted an alternative to war for removing Saddam, but couldn't overcome our respective inhibitions to give it one real honest try.

You can't say I didn't give it an honest try.

Claude, at his most likeably honest, tries to describe what he sees, but, finding himself in the thick of things, is not entirely sure of what he does see.

The meeting left Phillips more favorably impressed with the president than he anticipated: His beard & full hair make him look better less gaunt than his pictures show him – He struck me as perfectly honest – trying to do what he thought his duty….

He later developed into a solid and dependable all-round player, characterised as "an honest trier who made the absolute most of limited natural ability".

"If you are really interested in this, you have to make an honest effort and try and find things out".

"We made an honest attempt to try to work with the trustees as much as possible," he said.