Sentence examples for stood trying to from inspiring English sources

My father stood, trying to understand.

Scott Brosius stepped into the batter's box, and some 50 feet behind home plate, at a 30 degree angle toward the Yankees' dugout, Soriano stood, trying to get the best possible angle to see Sasaki, to get a read on what he was throwing.

There was no rail on the balcony -- instead it was open to the ocean, and water was lapping up onto the floor while my mom stood trying to balance in her red tennis shoes and navy blue capris.

We stood shoulder to shoulder with them, elbowing out a place to stand, trying to brace ourselves against the press of the crowd behind us.

On the margins of the central market, rows of old women stand trying to sell a few meagre items of clothing or berries.

You stand, try to focus on the speeding cars, then squint at the scoreboard when the rear parachutes pop to brake them.

Kaplan's ruling, if allowed to stand, tries to criminalize the critical First Amendment activity of watchdog groups like ours.

Nelson recalled one incident where he actually chased Chamberlain off the court and into the stands trying to foul him.

Last Thursday morning, Gail Schattner stood at York and 79th, just steps from the taxi stand, trying to hail a cab.

Visions come to my mind of sitting in the witness stand, trying to answer a cross-examination that begins with, "So, Doctor..

It's hilarious that this made me cry: The kids wanted to watch N.B.A. players flying into the stands trying to get out-of-bounds balls.