trying one's best

Grammar usage guide and real-world examples

The lesson, if there is one, is about trying one's best to be a good boy — the story was serialized in a children's magazine — and to please one's parents.

Spector acknowledged its grammatical faults as a title, but he liked it because of its relevance to the in-game struggle for power, to the medium's storytelling difficulties, to the game being played on a computer, and to the "self-referential" acceptance of trying one's best to resolve affairs.

And cultivating virtues of debate — loving the truth more than winning an argument, and trying one's best to understand the viewpoint of the opponent.

The majority reported trying one's best as an important measure of success (8/10); however, some participants (2/10) also noted external measures, such as outcomes defined by specific field guidelines (e.g. Sphere Handbook, Salama et al. 2001).

Bode Miller's attitude ("The Mountain Comes to Miller," Jan . 25 -- trying to do one's best rather than trying to best someone else -- is refreshing and all too rare in sports.

In my 50-year career in this field, I know not a "beer-and-brats culture," but rather a commitment on the part of all in the F.B.I. to try to do one's best for country, government and agency.

Try one.

Try on the ones you like best.

Being a smart global artist, however, means trying as best one can to engage the locals.

After one try out, the best of three measurements was recorded on both sides.

The show, trying to one-up the best of "Idol," insists on it.