Sentence examples for trying to proposition from inspiring English sources

When he became a success, he grew so disturbed by women trying to proposition him after shows that, according to a biographer, he once asked his doctor to castrate him.

The author tries to proposition her unsuccessfully; she then leaves him for another date.

But let's have the kids crack up laughing as they watch their drunken dad try to proposition an empty wallet.

But he did not join his partner that night, Detective Isnora, who followed Mr. Bell and his friends away from the club, and instead held back to try to proposition a dancer and to watch out for two men who he thought were armed.

Like Amazon and Netflix, Yahoo will suggest things to read, watch and share with friends, and try to proposition the user with ads likely to spark the greatest chance of engagement.

Theodore Boutros, one of the lead lawyers trying to overturn Proposition 8, opined that the Court "might even consolidate them or hear them as a package.

Neil Patrick Harris, playing a flamboyant figure trying to reconcile the proposition's supporters and opponents, sings, "Every time a gay or lesbian finds love at the parade/There's money to be made".

I was trying to sell the proposition to developers when I wouldn't have bought it myself.

Instead of trying to defend the proposition, Reid chalked it up to home-state politics.

In 2014, the California senate took a big stab at trying to roll back Proposition 209 when it passed the Constitutional Amendment 5.

This leads to a dicier proposition: trying to pick the winner of America's grandest thoroughbred spectacle on the first Saturday in May at Churchill Downs.