Sentence examples for present tried from inspiring English sources

It asserts that many artists from the 1960s to the present tried to relay or reflect some experience of dislocation.

His bodyguard and his aunt, who were present, tried to quench the flames, but he decided that they were aiming to smother him.

Head spared no effort in making us feel at ease, and the other agents present tried to do the same – all wide smiles and "glad-to-have-you-heres".

Other people present tried to intervene, but Wiens vehemently continued the verbal abuse for several minutes, directing epithets in Russian and German at the Russian-speaking bystanders who attempted to reason with him.

And their tendency to exaggerate everything about their past and their present tries his patience repeatedly.

Mr. Pittman favored a focus on the present, trying to make as much as possible from its paying subscribers who connect to the Internet over phone lines.

The characters are lost in the mazes of the past and the present, trying to find a turning that will bring them to a sense of who and what they are.

One local man, Jay Evans, told the Guardian there were a number of English Defence League members present "trying to jump on the bandwagon" but said they were "an extremely small minority".

Live in the present, try and enjoy yourself.

He was directed by Mike Reiss, and his father Ken Griffey, Sr. was also present, trying to coach his son.

They may be gone even more often when babies are present, trying to fuel them as well.