Examples of 'were trying not' in a sentence
Meaning of "were trying not"
were trying not: Describes the effort or attempt made by individuals to avoid a certain situation or outcome. It implies the deliberate action of avoiding or preventing something undesirable
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were trying not
You said you were trying not to love me.
Someone along the side of the house, like they were trying not to be seen.
I know you were trying not to be too connected.
I remember you told me that you were trying not to cry.
Securamax were trying not to trigger penalties.
Noise was always good when you were trying not to be heard.
We were trying not to draw attention to ourselves.
I could tell they were trying not to scare me.
We were trying not to be swallowed by a time storm.
She sounded as if she were trying not to laugh.
We were trying not to wake you up.
Ahmed and his regents were trying not only to neutralize.
We were trying not to disturb you.
While Drew and Tanya were trying not to throw up.
We were trying not to argue.
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In all reality Sister Rowe and I were trying not to giggle a lot of the time.
You were trying not to think of Elizabeth.
We were trying to win, they were trying not to lose.
I thought we were trying not to observe anything during zazen.
You kept staring straight ahead, like you were trying not to attract attention.
You were trying not to die.
You must have considered it. We were trying not to.
Maybe you were trying not to think.
While I was trying not to fail English, my parents were trying not to fail inspection.
Because we were trying not to get killed.
If I did not know you right, I would say you were trying not to go home.
When we were writing we were trying not to think of any actor in particular.
And bring some Pringles. - Where were we? - We were trying not to argue.
Thought you were trying not to take your work home with you.
The Pats played conservatively, they were trying not to lose the game.
Both teams were trying not to lose the game rather than win it.
You were shot, Dad . You were trying not to die.
We were trying not to do Christmas this year.
There were signs that they were trying not to be too close to each other.
We were trying not to be carried away And that was all we could do.
It 's clear why we were trying not to tell people.
You were trying not to hurt his feelings because he 's a friend.
Some smiled; some were trying not to look at us.
When we were trying not to be offensive, but were accused of it.
That's fine, really. We were trying not to disturb you.
Yeah . We were trying not to draw attention to ourselves.
Yeah, we were trying not to.
I know you were trying not to hurt my feelings, but I totally got what you meant.
It 's clear why we were trying not to tell people . That 's clear now.
Judy, wait. We were trying not to waste the dance floor moments.
PAM-ANNE, We were trying not to do Christmas this year.
Oh, God . We were trying not to disturb you.
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Examples of using Not
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I am not really sure what that thing was
Use where walls are not perpendicular to base
I am not saying that you do not care
