Sentence examples for try to barter from inspiring English sources

(From the manifesto: "In the future, I expect coastal property owners to get downright excited when they see any sailboat, whether it looks fashionable or not, paddle out their leaky canoes, and try to barter jewelry, silver cutlery or pretty seashells for the things they desperately need").

Would you try to barter your model airplane collection for, let's say, the Hope Diamond?

Your best option is to try to barter with a licensed and reputable Massage Therapist.

If you think it's worth buying but is too expensive, try to barter with the seller for a better price.

In town he rode his bicycle and tried to barter paintings for local services, Mr. Rydant said.

But during deliberations, the foreman sent the judge, Robert P. Patterson, a note that one juror had tried to barter his vote and was refusing to deliberate.

In Newton's case, the adviser would have laid out for his father the consequences of trying to barter his son's talents.

When, moments later, he too is cornered by a gunman he tries to barter the footwear for his life: "All me can say is Clarks is good shoe".

Because she cannot afford to hire a truck, she is trying to barter services with other city agencies, like the Sanitation Department and the Board of Education.

He saw an ice cream vendor and tried to barter two ice creams for $2 from the stoney-faced trader but eventually had to share one ice cream with his mother.

In 1990, Gabriel Metsu's "Woman Reading a Letter," which had been stolen in Dublin in 1986, turned up in Istanbul, in the hands of a thief trying to barter it for a shipment of heroin.