Sentence examples for trying to exceed from inspiring English sources

At times it seemed they were trying to exceed the most extreme German stereotype.

"Know your limits – but never stop trying to exceed them," wrote Brikho in the 2011 annual report in typically bold fashion.

To work properly, a personal-quota system would need a central database of marijuana users, which would allow I-502 stores to determine if customers were trying to exceed their monthly allotments.

You can try to exceed such limitation, but it's seldom that people are successful.

"It is a pretty tall order to try to exceed the impact of Google," Ms. Smith said.

Instead, she said, Pinnacle tried to exceed AT&T's expectations.

If limits were imposed to try to keep athletes safe, some would try to exceed them to gain an edge.

Point guard Kevin Braswell scored 26 points for Georgetown, which ran out the clock rather than try to exceed 100 points.

With my wife, with my children, in little ways and big ways, I always try to exceed their expectations.

Consumers who try to exceed their balance when making an A.T.M. withdrawal are already being notified that they will be charged a $35 overdraft fee if they choose to proceed.

This is why, with certain exceptions, he seems, perhaps surprisingly to us, to view the growth of the Persian empire as more or less organic, more or less "natural" — at least, until it tries to exceed the natural boundaries of the Asian continent.