One word, just his name, but the big man didn't try and grab Jason again.

Her word, not his-but he had better try it on for size.

Who scrawled that single word on the box and tried to write more, but couldn't?

There was something else; that word tried to wriggle away in her mind.

She could hear the tension in the first officer's response, though his words tried to rise above it.

I don't want to use words to try to describe what you really need to see to understand.

I had to go to the library to look up all those words to try to understand what he was saying.

He struggled to speak, tried to force words from his throat.

The words were trying to stick in my mouth again.

But the words tried to come so fast they jammed tight in his throat.