Sentence examples for tried for a bit from inspiring English sources

(Or they might have tried for a bit of Paranoid Park/Elephant style blank-affect kill action).

The Toronto fans who piled in to be witnesses tried for a bit early in the game to uphold their role as home fans, but gave up in an outpouring at the end, writes Jeff Blair in The Toronto Globe and Mail.

Or you can at least ask them!" I tried for a bit - she is now amicably divorced from Jarrett, no kids, still plays doubles, born in Essex, lives in Chelsea, supports Leeds United.

Alesha tries for a bit of crowd-pleasing, saying how nice he looks and how hard it is to dance first, but she mentions that it was "a bit stompy".

Not quite sport-related, but robot was an earlier project aimed at trying to program it to avoid objects, unfortunately the result was "it tries for a bit and then just steams through the object".

Just stop trying for a bit.

This appears to be down partly to self-supported races like the Transcontinental across Europe and the 6,800km Transamerica, partly to the profile of riders like the late Mike Hall and partly to that familiar human urge to try for a little bit more.

If he ignores you, keep trying for a little bit, then stop if it's obvious he isn't interested in you.

Perhaps Beckett was trying for an uncharacteristic bit of modesty Saturday when he insisted that he had better stuff in his previous start, when he retired the first 10 Yankees batters in what became a Marlins loss in Game 3. Early in Game 6, the velocity on Beckett's fastball was down from his usual average of 97 miles an hour to 95 m.p.h., and his command appeared off by a few inches.

Still, when he headed home last week after trying out for a bit part in a movie called "Dummy," he could not help feeling a little hopeful.

This has led you to try teaching for a bit, but as your longer letter explains, a "technical problem" with your degree prevented you from taking this further and you're now back looking for a job in IT, as a software developer.