Sentence examples for tried to one from inspiring English sources

The beams are commonly laser beams, but heavy and light ion beams and electron beams have all been investigated and tried to one degree or another.

Throughout the whole hour, Will and Alicia tried to one up each other.

All this was in good fun, as was the adorable banter (both married doctors, both divorced doctors), as the gals tried to one up each other, all the while ostensibly talking about their careers.

The irony in the whole situation with TMS is that many of the best pranks on April 1 around sports were created by the media themselves, and literally hundreds of media outlets this year tried to one up themselves in spreading bogus name changes, takeover stories and media events that didn't exist.

Later in the debate, when John Edwards gave perhaps the most eloquent answer of all on a question about poverty, Clinton tried to one-up everyone by saying "when I graduated from law school, I didn't go to work for a law firm.

A number of startups over the years have tried to one-up the default native email application installed on operating systems from Apple, Microsoft, and Google.

First Lady Imelda Marcos tried to one-up the pontiff.

I tried to one-up them by ending my show with squalls of Xenakis.

After Democrats announced their protest Tuesday, Mr. Weatherford quickly tried to one-up them.

A few minutes later, Carly Fiorina tried to one-up the New York billionaire.

Big Brands, Big Bands: Last year, start-ups tried to one-up each other with the biggest blowout parties.