Words similar to trying

Example sentences for: trying

How can you use “trying” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

He probably spent more time trying to help her with an annuity problem than he ever did on any financial feature of his own life.
What you are is always trying to be moderate.
(The audience is left to guess if Rocky is spineless or if he's just trying to convince all the kids who worship him that crime doesn't pay.)
The WP says that the White House is trying to neutralize the coffee videos by getting the release of a 1996 ABC News tape in which candidate Bob Dole admits that the RNC was financing ads that were helping his campaign.
Now that Leonardo Di Caprio has spurned Lions Gate Films and American Psycho , the production company is trying to lure back the director it had rudely kicked off the project, Mary Harron ( I Shot Andy Warhol ). Though the whole thing was her idea in the first place, she was dropped the minute Di Caprio expressed interest and turned an arty $10-million feature into a $40-million vehicle for himself.