He was trying, without conviction, to sell black market cigarettes.
Lloyd Tysuir was trying, without much success, not to shake.
Todd is trying, without much luck, to unpick the details.
Representative Edward Markey has been trying, without success, to fix the law.
She liked to putter in the garden, trying, without much success, to grow flowers.
Vociferous critics such as PinkNews have been trying – without success – to have it rescinded.
The Daily News was owned then by the Tribune Company, which had been trying, without success, to sell it.
In a video from 1968 we see Richard Serra's hand repeatedly trying, without success, to grasp bits of falling matter.
A great many cops in London have spent the past few years trying, without success, to nick an editor.
Officer Maldonado, accused of trying without success to file a fake accident report last year, faced the fewest counts, three.
Rather, they are photographs that show our soldiers trying — without the proper training or equipment — to do their jobs.
