Examples of 'they were trying' in a sentence

Meaning of "they were trying"

They were trying: Implies that someone or a group of people made an attempt or put in effort to achieve a particular goal, but the outcome or success of their efforts is not explicitly mentioned

How to use "they were trying" in a sentence

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they were trying
Not unless they were trying to hide something.
How do you know that they were trying.
They said they were trying to diagnose you.
I did not even know they were trying.
They were trying to find someone who stole.
I figured out what they were trying to tell me.
They were trying to keep the police in check.
We do not know what they were trying to plant.
They were trying to take over his position.
It almost felt like they were trying to communicate.
They were trying to get rid of her in a hurry.
I do not think they were trying to kill me today.
They were trying to draw the teams there.
I prefer to think that they were trying to assassinate me.
They were trying to find their readership here.

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This was the problem they were trying to solve.
And they were trying to scare him off.
Because it seemed like they were trying to hide it.
They were trying to stab you in the tent.
I felt like they were trying too hard.
They were trying to take out the facility.
What happened is they were trying to make him.
They were trying to push him into space.
I did not know what they were trying to say to me.
They were trying to kick the shit out of me.
It sounds like if they were trying to fool us.
They were trying to wash away the sin.
He asserted that they were trying to escape.
They were trying to give him a better life.
I always saw it like they were trying to pry.
I think they were trying to make up for before.
There was no way that they were trying to hide.
They were trying to buy the hospital themselves.
I am not aware who they were trying to kill.
They were trying to change their whole world.
It looked like they were trying to install.
They were trying to take something from him.
I really felt that they were trying to protect me.
They were trying to install some new technology.
Either that or they were trying to do a bad job.
They were trying to stop whatever was happening here.
Did not realized they were trying to psych me out.
They were trying to come into the house.
I started to wonder if they were trying to send me a message.
They were trying to make one with a brain.
The spot that they were trying to avoid.
They were trying to find a cure for polio.
I thought perhaps they were trying to test me too.
They were trying to convince us to invest but we did not.
Cat did not know what they were trying to do.

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