Sentence examples for try and guilt from inspiring English sources

Tis the season when big advertisers roll out "emotional" commercials to try and guilt you into buying your loved ones shit they don't need.

One such internal candidate in the running, Craig Robinson's Darryl Philbin, only earned a brief consideration after he brought his daughter to work to try and guilt a selecting committee into giving the role to a single father with a young kid.

Even (and especially) if they try and guilt trip you.

Don't try and guilt-trip your adult children into coming home for Christmas.

They tried threats and lawsuits, pleas and guilt trips; they tried bonus discs and exclusive online content, price hikes ("Deluxe Edition"!) and price cuts.

They claim politically correct words are the result of liberals trying to shape fear and guilt into meaningless syntax.

The movie's not a downer trying to induce pity and guilt; rather, The True Cost intends to draw attention to the current practices of the fashion industry so that we as creators and clients can bring about positive change.

Over the next 20 years he tries to forget his shame and guilt, and convince himself that he is no longer in love, but eventually after the collapse of the Berlin wall, her returns to look for her.

In general, this was based on two distinct imperatives: to bring peace of mind (and to relieve personal distress and guilt) and to try to make sure this would not happen to others in the future.

For the past three winters, just when the Oscar nominees you've missed are trying to dazzle and guilt-trip you with visions of Importance, a lean and angry Liam Neeson shows up at the multiplex, out for righteous payback or at least the paycheck that no one would dare begrudge him.

Don't annoy them by constantly asking to hang out, don't ask to go everywhere with them (or follow them around without asking!), don't try to trap them in a corner when you want to talk, and don't try to guilt them or manipulate them into going places with you.