Sentence examples for tried to shape from inspiring English sources

The Bureau once tried to shape public opinion.

All have tried to shape the site's future to fit their own desires.

American and Soviet leaders clearly tried to shape strategy, but did they really struggle to save souls (as opposed to lives)?

Realizing the delicacy of the matter, the government tried to shape public reaction in more ways than by simply restricting coverage.

He directed money to graduate schools he approved of, installed sympathetic deans and tried to shape the professoriat by choosing scholars whom he admired.

At times, when Mr. Thielemann tried to shape the phrasing of passages and solo themes, there was an aggressive, sort of "take that" quality to the playing.

We're trying to shape our young men here".

Then he tries to shape what we should do".

And yet still others are trying to shape it.

It inserts itself into political debates, trying to shape legislation to its ethics.

Iran, by the United States' reckoning, has done the most to try to shape Iraqi politics.