Sentence examples for try very hard at from inspiring English sources

His story is enlivened by occasional flashes of wit, wisdom and self-deprecating awareness, but the overriding impression at the end of this book is of someone who has never had to try very hard at anything.

That is at best an excuse for not trying very hard, at worst a self-fulfilling prophecy.

He is an IASI-certified alpine ski instructor and PADI-certified scuba diver, loves rock climbing, and is trying very hard at squash and golf.

We're trying very hard at Stoke City, we're desperate to produce players who will play in our first team.

Appears78 just finished – and "greatly enjoyed and hugely admired" – Thomas Pynchon's Inherent Vice: Lord, even when he's trying to appear as though he's not really trying very hard at all, Pynchon's a fantastic writer.

"Because we tried very hard at the beginning of 2013 to be heard with lots of very sensible thinking and arguments, and we simply couldn't get through to anyone.

I think they've actually been less successful (I don't think they've tried very hard) at persuading us why justice is important to addressing environmental troubles.

It may be my sloppiness, which sometimes looks intentional, a way of cloaking my nastiness or a play for sympathy, but oftentimes seems to suggest that I am just not trying very hard at this.

This 10-film series doesn't actually try very hard to look at punk head-on.

All you can do is try very hard to be at the right place and be ready".

I try very hard to leave home at home and work at work and really just be in the moment, whatever I am doing.