Sentence examples for if it was trying from inspiring English sources
One of the birch trees in the courtyard looked as if it was trying to touch its toes, but there was a peculiar calm to the wind-tossed night.
The camera focused on him and continued to do so during the anthem, its attention diverted away to something less important every so often but always returning to its primary target before long, training its glare on Ronaldo as if it was trying to bore a way into his soul, to reveal to the world what was going on behind that impressively impassive look on his face.
Early in the game, it was the Freedom that played as if it was trying to qualify for the postseason.
If it was trying to pass as a ritual, the evening was awkward; as a piece of theater, it was bland.
Here's a taste of what I made of this much-loved show, which on this occasion felt a little out of balance: as if it was trying to be too sexy, and sometimes forgetting the wit.
I thought the Rosenblum had a touch of elegance to it, and if it was trying hard to distinguish itself from the Dry Creek and Amador-style zinfandels, it certainly succeeded.
If it was tried at a time of housing surplus, this may have worked.
The problem was, the design looked as if it were trying too hard to recapture its youth.
Or at least if it's trying to break me.
