Words similar to tries

Example sentences for: tries

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He tries everything.
But as Congress heads into its latest round of budget planning, and as Dubya tries to offer up his latest "middle-class" tax cut, it's probably worth remembering who's actually in the middle class, and whether those who are a long way out of it really need yet another break.
Like anyone who tries to be funny, Dowd sometimes strains for effect and falls flat: She posed a choice between New York's Rudolph Giuliani and Washington's Marion Barry as one between "the mayor who cracks down on crime and the mayor whose crime was crack."
Meanwhile, Cassidy tries to conceal her nudity in a school play.
Homeless man beams as he tries on mitten found in trash can."