Sentence examples for try to assume from inspiring English sources

She had warned us not to try to assume a role or analyze our characters' motives.

They sit and are reseated, rev and purr and try to assume the roles of royal and supplicant.

The British idea that you should entirely do these things on your own and try to assume total control over your environment is unthinkable".

Even if I try to assume control of the lease, the landlord will renovate the apartment and raise the rent to two thousand dollars.

His successor, Nicolás Maduro, is viewed as far too preoccupied with his own political survival to try to assume his mantle.

The party tries to present itself as the embodiment of nationalism because it knows that, if it fails to do so, its opponents of whatever political hue will try to assume the mantle themselves.

It's not like I'm trying to assume the Jane Austen mantle for all time.

Of late, he has tried to assume a calmer, grandfatherly demeanor.

These people were trying to assume a life of Colonial gentry.

Private groups have begun trying to assume some of the burden, but the path is bumpy.

Even when on his feet, he hunches over, as though trying to assume a fetal position.