Sentence examples for i tried joking from inspiring English sources

I tried joking: "It's convenient, you don't need a comb".

I tried joking: "It's convenient, you don't need a comb". Soon they cut all their hair.

I've tried joking about his "pungent" meals but he doesn't seem to take the hint.

"I don't wear leather pants offstage, I've tried," jokes the father of two who is just as comfortable behind the decks at the world's best clubs or onstage with his band playing to tens of thousands of people opening for Depeche Mode.

I wanna try," joked Colbert, who then proceeded to use his own sheets of paper to report on the latest developments.

I tried just joking around with him.

I tried to joke: why don't you put some of that into Notts County?

I tried to joke: "Why do I have this feeling that I am going to be like a rooster on the Tyson chicken factory assembly line?" An assembly line, he countered, was not an altogether invidious comparison.

While I tried to joke things off, the shame I felt shitting myself was compounded by the fact that my latest weigh in was bad.

"I try to joke with him because he likes to be serious all the time on the ice," Hossa said of facing Chara.

If I tried telling a joke or a funny story — and I didn't often try that, I assure you — they'd sit in their chairs and chew their food.