Examples of 'was trying to run' in a sentence

Meaning of "was trying to run"

Was trying to run indicates the past action of attempting to engage in the act of running or moving swiftly on foot. It suggests that the person in question made an effort to run but may not have been successful or faced obstacles that hindered their ability to run effectively

How to use "was trying to run" in a sentence

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was trying to run
I was trying to run away but they captured me.
Maybe it was because he was trying to run from what he was.
I was trying to run away from all of this.
And still my body was trying to run.
Somebody was trying to run him off the road.
Because it seemed like she was trying to run me over.
I was trying to run shit on my own creatively and logistically.
I caught him as he was trying to run away.
She was trying to run off with this.
His relatives always thought he was trying to run away.
When he was trying to run away.
Everybody trembled especially the lord was trying to run away.
She says he was trying to run off with me.
He realised it was not any normal plants or bushes he was trying to run through.
But his father was trying to run after him.

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I was trying to run the company properly.
It does not look like she was trying to run away.
I was trying to run away from you two.
The dwarf was trying to run.
She was trying to run away with a commoner but was caught.
I would say he was trying to run.
Brown was trying to run her off the road.
The eye had cursed all the house and it was trying to run.
I was trying to run over you.
She felt like someone was trying to run her off the road.
He was trying to run away with the commoner but was caught.
I heard that there was a long nosed stranger that was trying to run away.
So maybe somebody was trying to run him off the road.
I was trying to run and they tried to shoot me like a dog.
Because your father was trying to run him out of business.
Was trying to run a scam.
She seemed like a dying animal that was trying to run away from its pain.
And she was trying to run away from the house.
She said that she felt like someone was trying to run her off the road.
He was trying to run a business.
Because Graham was trying to run away.
It was trying to run away from it.
I just boarded a flight I was trying to run away from all of this.
I was trying to run the bottom.
Henderson claimed Parker was trying to run her over with his truck.
I was trying to run a museum.
Because I knew she was trying to run away from home.
I was trying to run from something I made.
You always said it felt like I was trying to run away.
Escher was trying to run my life.
I finally understood the DJ culture that I was trying to run away from.
Your boyfriend was trying to run away with this one.
For the first in Monsters history I was trying to run.
But he was trying to run away.
I really thought I had a great run and was trying to run Peter clean.

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