Sentence examples for try and listen from inspiring English sources
The phrase "try and listen" is commonly used in spoken English, but it is considered less formal in written English.
You can use it when encouraging someone to make an effort to listen, often in a casual context. Example: "When you're feeling overwhelmed, just try and listen to your inner voice for guidance."
"One police officer killed my son without any opportunity to try and listen to him," Servando Lozano said.
Just try and listen to a commercial radio station without hearing one or more of their songs in an hour, and you'll have your work cut out.
Most importantly, when you're in the interview, even though you're nervous, try and listen to the person or people you're meeting.
Speaking of letters, try and listen to one of the online recordings of Bunting himself reciting, and note how audibly he pronounces the letter R, wherever in a word it may occur.
"We don't try to 'push' the produce here, we try and listen to it, to see what it can be," chef Victor Fransson smiles gently as I watch him prepare Mistral's food for the OFM shoot.
There are great pop songs here – Alive, which sets its examination of its author's mental health to a beautiful, swooping chorus; My Bad, with its sparkling guitar line and stammering rhythm – but if you try and listen to the whole thing in one sitting, they get lost in the deluge.
It's by trying and listening that you improve and grow.
Keep it simple, Your composing abilities will get better by trying and listening.
Try stretching and listening to dubstep.
Just try to relax, and listen to your breathing.
"Predicting what people want is a lot harder than trying things and listening to them," he said.
