"try" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés
- I tried to sound calm, despite the tension that squeezed my throat.
- The Shadow might have tried the surge, despite the odds, if only to put a fighting finish to his career.
- Desperately he tried to think, despite the blood pounding in his head.
- She tried, despite her tension and tiredness, to think it through.
- He tried to hold her gaze, despite his blurred vision and the darkness.
- She tried to keep her tone calm, despite his peremptory order.
- He tried to concentrate, despite his anxious fear for Jenny's life.
- She probably would have hit him if she'd had the strength she certainly tried hard enough despite his efforts to keep her moving.
- We try on wool coats despite the autumn heat wave.
- But I think we have to allow for the possibility that they might try a similar operation again, despite the risks.
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