Sentence examples for tried to adopt a from inspiring English sources

"We tried to adopt a baby once," she said.

Mr. Haider, in particular, tried to adopt a more moderate line in this campaign than in the past.

After that, I categorized unoccupied buildings as manageable and tried to adopt a take-it-as-it-comes attitude.

"If we tried to adopt a tax, there would be a rebellion," said Mr. Thomas, who runs a construction and renovation business.

LAS LOMAS, Costa Rica — Héctor Porras-Valverdo tried to adopt a Zen attitude when he discovered recently that jaguars had turned two of his cows into carcasses.

Eustice also complained that in the early stage of Cameron's leadership, the Conservative party tried to adopt a distant relationship with print media.

Ever since their postgame meeting in Memphis, the Nets have tried to adopt an us-against-them attitude.

On camera, Radziwill recalls going on tour with the Rolling Stones and Truman Capote, a splendid summer spent with Peter Beard at Andy Warhol's house in Montauk, N.Y., and a childhood so lonely she tried to adopt an orphan.

Mr. Schroder has tried to adopt an evenhanded position on the missile defense question, siding with Washington by saying that the cohesion of the allies must not be affected, but winking at Moscow by insisting that there must be no new arms race and that the existing "disarmament architecture" must be preserved.

Unlike Fox News, which skews conservative, and MSNBC, which favors liberal causes, CNN usually tries to adopt a more nonpartisan approach.

He is visited by former wife Claire, who comes to China to try to adopt a child.