Sentence examples for were trying for a from inspiring English sources

They thought they were trying for a record deal, not appearing in a movie.

In other words, it sounds as if you were trying for a crocus panoply but planted a crocus parade, instead.

They were trying for a rare double, having won the Spingold Knockout Teams in Toronto in July.

"It never looked like 'Vogue,"' says Mr. Knight, who felt that movie directors were "trying for a narrative" rather than letting the clothes tell the story.

He barely greeted me, and while the others were trying for a how-can-I-help-you-today attitude, his body language was more let's-get-this-over-with.

Today's announcement ended speculation that the couple were trying for a reconciliation - they had recently been seen together with their four children - despite sightings of Jagger leaving the Chelsea home of Venezuelan heiress Vanessa Neumann.

During our motif distribution search, different sets of parameters for width, number, and occurrences were tried for a single motif.

We'd been trying for a baby.

He was trying for a comeback.

So I guess we're trying for a do-over.

She also said the couple are trying for a baby.