Sentence examples for scarcely trying to from inspiring English sources

The most economically developed area of Pakistan in militant hands, it has long been prime evidence for those who accuse the government of scarcely trying to quell the militancy sweeping the north-west of the country.

To be fair to Fulcher, he's scarcely trying to be true to life: "I opened my own recording studio in Burt Reynolds' moustache," Eleanor tells us, indicating the nonsense level to which her creator aspires.

The press pack scarcely tried to hide its disappointment that Andrew wasn't Tony Blair.

But, despite their long tradition, the Protestant militaries have scarcely tried to conceal the fact that they have organized themselves and behaved as mirrors of the I.R.A.

While continental drivers have long accepted that they should pay for the pleasure of zipping along motorways, British ones seem to regard it as their natural right; and governments have scarcely tried to disabuse them.Yet even set against this dismal backdrop, Labour's record since 1997 wins the wooden spoon (see article).

That might be because the Obama Administration has scarcely tried to weaponize shame during its six years of ostensibly rooting out white-collar crime.

I sat open-mouthed, scarcely able to breathe, trying to regain my composure.

We're fickle; we make up words and acronyms on the fly, and sometimes we scarcely even know what we're trying to say.

While some will scarcely miss his haplessness, Jo is trying to make his departure go with a bang, sorting out a party bus.

He is trying to become Tiresias; he scarcely requires eyes to see what he sees.

But criminals trying to outwit forensic science is scarcely new.