Sentence examples for try to lean from inspiring English sources

As usual, if you try to lean on his position, about anything, you'll fall down.

Asked whether the political parties ever try to lean on the IFS, Johnson says: "We get the odd casual call, text or email, but so far nothing much".

"What I just try to do, I just try to lean on the morals and the values that my parents taught me and the morals and values that I've instilled in them.

Though that would seem to be what the Bundesbank has in mind.Germany could try to lean against capital inflows by tightening fiscal policy, but higher tax rates or reduced spending could prove a tricky sell given that Germany is already running a (growing) budget surplus.

He does not consistently make the physical commitment to turn back to the ball on fade routes, and he will try to lean away from the defender, arch his back, and reach for the pass rather than attack it with his body shielding the opponent.

Carney told the Lords on 10 March: "The thing that would be extremely foolish would be to try to lean against this oil price fall today [and] try to provide extra stimulus to try to get inflation up at this point in time".

"He really tries to lean on you.

"I'm tired," he said, and tried to lean into me.

Trying to lean against it, she fell and sprained her wrist.

One man tries to lean in for a shot alongside Shi, only to be bundled aside by a uniformed guard.

At one point, curious about what would happen, I tried to lean my head forwards through a table.