Sentence examples for tried to make a statement from inspiring English sources

The police tried to make a statement outside the Royal Courts of Justice but Assistant Commissioner Mark Rowley was shouted down with cries of "scum" and "murderers".

So with precious seconds ticking off the clock in the final stages of Saturday's NFC divisional round game, Falcons quarterback Matt Ryan tried to make a statement of his own.

Outside the court, the Met assistant commissioner Mark Rowley was drowned out by protesters shouting "murderers" and "scum" as he tried to make a statement on Scotland Yard's behalf.

"If I would have tried to make a statement with him or do anything aggressive toward him and we come back in that game, and my slot comes up in the seventh, eighth or ninth inning, the bases loaded, and the pinch-hitter doesn't do the job, what does that look like to me?" Piazza said.

"When I tried to make a statement in 1974, after I hit my 714th home run in Cincinnati to tie Babe Ruth, a representative from baseball asked me what would I like for my one wish that day," Mr. Aaron, now senior vice president of the Atlanta Braves, recalled on Wednesday at a benefit for the Arthur Ashe Institute for Urban Health at the Waldorf-Astoria.

Rogers said he "tried to make a statement and let them know, don't go away from me".

I'm not trying to make a statement.

I think they're just trying to make a statement.

Donors say they are trying to make a statement.

I think they were trying to make a statement.

"It's about Seton Hall trying to make a statement, trying to build and get better.