Examples of 'was trying to stop' in a sentence

Meaning of "was trying to stop"

was trying to stop: indicates past actions or attempts made by someone to prevent or halt a particular course of events. This phrase is used to describe efforts to intervene or hinder something from happening

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

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was trying to stop
Jane was trying to stop us from getting home.
He really believes he was trying to stop a plane.
I was trying to stop him from getting away.
It was something that was trying to stop me from dreaming.
I was trying to stop it without getting brought down.
Because she was trying to stop him.
I was trying to stop a man from shooting a woman.
It was as if fate itself was trying to stop me from doing it.
She was trying to stop tommy from fighting.
I told you that someone was trying to stop us.
My father was trying to stop it all this time.
It sounds like the old man was trying to stop him.
I was trying to stop him from hurting you.
They made it look like he was trying to stop the kidnapping.
I was trying to stop us from making a huge mistake.

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This is whati was trying to stop.
She was trying to stop him from doing something.
We have to find how your mother was trying to stop time.
He probably was trying to stop all the screaming.
It sounds like his old man was trying to stop him.
I was trying to stop him from going back to the scene.
It seemed like he was trying to stop her from jumping.
I was trying to stop that kid from bleeding to death.
As my dad was trying to stop.
I was trying to stop him killing you.
And someone was trying to stop me.
I was trying to stop you from jumping.
My parents were killed because of the corruption that my father was trying to stop.
So the devil was trying to stop the birth.
I was trying to get somewhere and someone was trying to stop me.
What if he was trying to stop from hearing.
It prevents the accidental election of the candidate that the majority was trying to stop.
And he was trying to stop the bleeding.
The people who study this kind of thing say that he was trying to stop.
She was trying to stop it from spreading.
She was trying to get into the car and he was trying to stop her.
She was trying to stop it from happening.
He drew a second weapon and shot and killed a student who was trying to stop him.
That he was trying to stop his comrades going too far.
It is important to understand that the United States was trying to stop communism.
The point was trying to stop him.
If someone was kidnapping the patients then maybe Cody was trying to stop them.
Looks like he was trying to stop something getting in here.
Cause the transcript reads like I was trying to stop you.
Marty was trying to stop me from walking into a trap.
The obvious conclusion was that he was trying to stop them getting the Bibles.
I was trying to stop the meltdown he had.
The President was trying to stop him.
I was trying to stop it from flying away.
Because Cane was trying to stop it.

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