"try" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés
- He tried surreptitiously to wipe it away, but knew he'd been caught.
- I tried surreptitiously to gauge the thickness of the album by feel.
- When he tried surreptitiously to pry them free, they just clung to him all the tighter.
- So Edeard surreptitiously tried to make sure that the village children had a decent grounding in the ability.
- She surreptitiously tried to scratch the stone with her diamond ring but not a mark was made on the smooth, polished surface.
- He surreptitiously tried to smooth the wrinkles on his uniform.
- Inside the house Clavius surreptitiously tried to orient himself and failed.
- She tried to eye the papers surreptitiously; she could not tell if they had been disturbed.
- The week following the birthday, each tried surreptitiously to see the other again.
- While she was distracted, Alexander tried surreptitiously to move a bishop with his tail.
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