Sentence examples for try usually from inspiring English sources

He has a single, unwavering theme: the liminal space in which individuals try, usually in vain, to move from one life to another — floating migrants, laid-off factory hands, restless teen-agers, all trapped on the margins of China's boom, with enough technology to glimpse the wider world but no way to reach it.

Those that try usually incur dreadful unintended consequences.

While no laugh-track-free comedy has ever equalled the broad success of Friends or Seinfeld, it may be pointless to try and aim for that kind of popularity in today's fragmented TV market, and people who try usually fail.

These flights are often good values and allow you to try (usually 3) different wines without having to open 3 bottles of wine.Any good restaurant/wine bar will design flights to have an overall theme that will make the experience more informative than just three random glasses.

So it's not surprising that most smokers want to stop and four out of five have tried, usually many times.

Blackwell's book presents vivid descriptions of these wretched places, along with both their polluters and the crusaders who are trying — usually without success — to clean them up.

Between then and the end of his Presidency, he held three hundred and twenty-four of them, during which he tried, usually with good humor, to answer what he was asked.

Over the last year or so, we've seen countless startups try (and usually fail) to mimic Groupon's stunning growth.

When we try, we usually just chase it away.

If we try, they usually close off shortly thereafter to protect themselves from what they perceive as meddling or judgement.

I've tried, but usually end up ripping things down long before October 31 due to pure embarrassment.