Sentence examples for tried to wind from inspiring English sources
Lawrence Dallaglio said of France's tactics: "France tried to wind down the clock with 10 minutes to go and that is a dangerous thing to do against us.
Many years and many photographs later, on a blustery winter night in Paris, as I tried to wind down in my dark hotel room after a long day of shooting, I came across a television program that deeply affected me.
He did not talk a lot about his background, but he was easily enraged when people tried to wind him up by claiming that he was, in fact, an old Etonian.
His tentaclelike limbs gave way to an exaggerated, sweeping pitching motion when he first turned pro as he tried to wind his long arms and legs through the twists of his delivery.
I had 17 appearances in front of a guy, quite often a police officer, who tried to wind me up, distract me, and if you snap or you show any kind of … JF: How does that identify a potential sex attacker?
They didn't seem to feel people's pain; they mostly tried to wound each other.
He tries to wind his opponent up.
Clearly trying to wind the fans up !
I was trying to wind Andrew Sheridan up.
They would do enough off the field to try to wind everyone up.
