Sentence examples for would train for from inspiring English sources

It was a place where her mother would train for marathons and half marathons.

The general said the new recruits would train for two weeks.

He seemed to be tackling soul jazz as one would train for an Olympic sport: with an almost suffocating intensity, and no margin for moderation.

He's approached by Japanese businessmen who ask if he would train, for good money, a Western-style army to fight for the Emperor and suppress a last-ditch samurai rebellion in the provinces.

Q: What motivated you to do a Ph.D.? A. S.: I was studying my undergraduate degree in London, at Imperial College, and the Great Britain water polo team was just setting up a high-performance center in Manchester, where the team would train for about 5 hours a day.

But if there is a sequel -- knock on wood -- if there is one, I think I would train for that one and do some pretty cool stuff.

He proceeded to unveil a technique as powerfully controlled as if he'd trained for years.

Runners who'd trained for weeks for the event turned away from the finish line in bewildered but stoic acceptance.

They'd trained for weeks and were green to go, but this channel was tricky: the swell a bastard, waves lit with foam, the current strong.

"I'd trained for years to be a scientist, and then a one-day workshop in non-fiction writing became a transformative act.

Wisely, he starts tutoring kids with ADD, something he'd trained for earlier to earn badly needed cash to finance his yoga excursions.