Examples of 'was like trying' in a sentence

Meaning of "was like trying"

This phrase is often used to describe a difficult or challenging situation, where attempting or achieving something feels nearly impossible

How to use "was like trying" in a sentence

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was like trying
It was like trying to would question its decisions.
He remembered so little of her it was like trying to remember a dream.
It was like trying to fight with a blunted weapon.
Forgetting him was like trying to know.
It was like trying to change a direction a river flows.
But trying to hold on to her was like trying to hold on to a butterfly.
He was like trying to grab a cloud or a wind.
My boyfriend once said it was like trying to start a dead car.
It was like trying not to think of pink elephants.
That thing was like trying to.
It was like trying to watch the film in a snowstorm.
Stacy used to say it was like trying to grab a hold.
It was like trying to carry water in your hands.
I tried to run them but it was like trying to run up a wall.
It was like trying to stay upright on a frozen pond.

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Making that man happy was like trying to walk to the horizon.
It was like trying to bat away gossamer threads.
He said sleeping with you was like trying to make love to.
It was like trying to read an encyclopedia in an unfamiliar language.
Trying to get them together on anything was like trying to herd cats.
You said it was like trying to remember a dream.
It was like trying to fill a glass of water blindfolded.
To get out of the building was like trying to leave a bank vault.
It was like trying to sleep inside a clock tower.
He said chasing happiness in these things was like trying to capture the wind.
It was like trying to stuff a rhinoceros into my back.
My sister Zandra said that teaching you was like trying to teach a donkey to curtsey.
It was like trying to walk through a stone wall.
Whatever I felt and brought into that room was like trying to stand against the ocean.
It was like trying to calculate the final number of pi.
Trying to read Kant was like trying to read Greek.
It was like trying to eat wads of cotton wool.
No, my boyfriend once said it was like trying to start a dead car.
It was like trying to bill pay discount.
The cake looked great, but it was like trying to chew a mattress.
It was like trying to flirt with a wardrobe.
She bucked beneath him, but it was like trying to move a mountain.
I was like trying to swallow her lips.
Meanwhile, finding a black kid in Bed-Stuy was like trying to find a needle in a needle stack.
It was like trying to catch a greased pig with wings.
Because you could see this… It was like trying to watch a.
It was like trying to get a bird to eat out of my hand.
I landed into nets in Vietnam. It was like trying to stop a bullet with crepe paper.
It was like trying to stop a bullet with crepe paper.
To cure the British disease with socialism was like trying to cure leukaemia with leeches . ".
But that was like trying to climb out of a whirlpool.
Unfortunately, Jabberwocky had gotten too big . It was like trying to kill a bear with a chopstick.
It was like trying to look through a wall of dirty ice.
Stacy used to say it was like trying to -Oo-ee.
That was like trying to climb out of the whirlpool.

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Coolness was about not trying to look cool
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