Examples of 'he was trying' in a sentence

Meaning of "he was trying"

The phrase 'he was trying' suggests that an individual was attempting or making an effort to achieve or accomplish something. It implies that there was an active endeavor or struggle involved, indicating that the person was engaged in a specific task, action, or goal

How to use "he was trying" in a sentence

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he was trying
Or maybe he was trying to find her to hurt her.
Those numbers are the distances he was trying to reach.
Maybe he was trying to make some kind of statement.
One might almost think he was trying to avoid us.
He was trying to gather up the courage to propose to her.
Last week it was botany he was trying to get me interested in.
He was trying to finish off his partner here.
He died because he was trying to do the right thing.
He was trying to start up trouble among the men.
I heard a rumor he was trying to buy our farm.
He was trying to kill me and destroy federal evidence.
He just seemed like he was trying to sell me insurance.
He was trying to get me to do a draft of a script for free.
She thought that he was trying to help you.
He was trying to turn you into a nicer person.

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He was killed because he was trying to fix the fight.
He was trying to make peace with the world.
He told me that he was trying to get you to let go.
He was trying to collect money from your nephew.
But it looked like he was trying to help her.
Maybe he was trying to do the same thing to mine.
He was caught right when he was trying to switch sides.
Maybe he was trying to rob the poor box.
At first she thought he was trying to help her.
He was trying to get to an EpiPen and he did not make it.
I just thought he was trying to get out of school.
He was trying to perfect blood transfusions to treat hemophilia.
This whole time he was trying to keep us safe.
He was trying to teach me some kind of sick lesson.
His record said he was trying to come clean.
He was trying to get into me a few months ago.
It was personal when he was trying to stick a grenade up my ass.
He was trying to sell his stupid cable boxes.
Thought you said he was trying to steal a horse.
He was trying to expose the hypocrisy of a sick society.
It was essential to find out whom he was trying to contact.
I think he was trying to get there last night.
Maybe he got shot because he was trying to leave.
Says here he was trying to do the right thing.
Screwed him out of it while he was trying to sell.
Just said he was trying to save his father.
This nigger was coming at me like he was trying to end me.
I would say he was trying to get himself wrapped up.
Did you do the staring thing while he was trying to.
It looks like he was trying to fix the place up.
He was afraid of doing damage to the patients he was trying to help.
Maybe he was trying to sneak out of the house.
The room was trashed because he was trying to survive.
Must mean he was trying to hide his fingerprints.
But that did not change what he was trying to do.

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