I let go of the gate and tried standing upright without support.

"Have you ever tried standing between two mirrors?"

She tried standing up, and every muscle in her body suggested that she was well over a century old.

Tried standing up, but the water was much deeper there.

I tried standing while they were gone, just to see if I could do it.

Give me ten minutes to work up my courage, and I'll even try standing on them.

Have you ever tried standing in line for 45 minutes with a four year old child?

She tried standing on tiptoe to see past them but winced with the pain.

I tried standing first on one foot then the other.

Experimenting a bit further, he tried standing up, slowly, wonderingly and wobblingly.