TRY in a Sentence

Learn TRY from example sentences; some of them are from classic books. These examples are selected from a corpus with 300,000 sentences, including classic works and current mainstream media. Some sentences also link to their contexts.
420 example sentences for TRY, such as:
1. Take a method and try it.
2. You must try not to appear vulnerable.
3. He raised his arm to try to deflect the blow.
4. If at first you don't succeed, try, try again.
5. Just try and grasp the essentials of the argument.
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Animal Farm by George Orwell
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 Meanings and Examples of TRY
try
 v.  give pain or trouble to
 v.  put on a garment in order to see whether it fits and looks nice
Classic Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
1  You may try your experiment for a week and see how you like it.
Little Women By Louisa May Alcott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER ELEVEN
2  Don't try too many messes, Jo, for you can't make anything but gingerbread and molasses candy fit to eat.
Little Women By Louisa May Alcott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER ELEVEN
3  You do try to fight off your shyness, and I love you for it.
Little Women By Louisa May Alcott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER TWELVE
4  "Let's try it," said Jo, who liked new experiments.
Little Women By Louisa May Alcott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER TWELVE
5  I've got the key to mine, but I'm not allowed to try it.
Little Women By Louisa May Alcott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER THIRTEEN
6  Do your best at college, and when he sees that you try to please him, I'm sure he won't be hard on you or unjust to you.
Little Women By Louisa May Alcott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER THIRTEEN
7  "I'd like to see anyone try it," cried Jo fiercely.
Little Women By Louisa May Alcott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER FOURTEEN
8  Good night, my darlings, said Mrs. March, as the hymn ended, for no one cared to try another.
Little Women By Louisa May Alcott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER FIFTEEN
9  You'd laugh to see Meg head the table and try to be motherish.
Little Women By Louisa May Alcott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER SIXTEEN
10  I read every morning, try to be good all day, and sing myself to sleep with Father's tune.
Little Women By Louisa May Alcott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER SIXTEEN
11  "I don't think I can bear it, but I'll try," thought Amy, as she was left alone with Aunt March.
Little Women By Louisa May Alcott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER SEVENTEEN
12  "If god spares Beth, I'll try to love and serve Him all my life," answered Jo, with equal fervor.
Little Women By Louisa May Alcott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER EIGHTEEN
13  "I'll try not to be vain," said Amy.
Little Women By Louisa May Alcott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER TWENTY
14  I don't think anyone would care to try it, if you looked as much like a thundercloud as you do now.
Little Women By Louisa May Alcott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER TWENTY-ONE
15  I'll try to sing the song of the shepherd boy which the Pilgrims heard.
Little Women By Louisa May Alcott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER TWENTY-TWO
Example Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
1  The administration may try to reflate the economy next year.
2  Take a method and try it.
3  We won't be able to tell what skills the man has until we try him out.
4  If at first you don't succeed, try, try again.
5  The purpose of the research is to try and and find out more about the causes of the disease.
6  Unless you try to do something beyond what you have already mastered, you will never grow.
7  Anything anybody said to him to try and buck him up wouldn't sink in.
8  You must try not to appear vulnerable.
9  Just try and grasp the essentials of the argument.
10  You trot out that argument whenever I try to discuss this matter with you.
11  He raised his arm to try to deflect the blow.
12  They try to tease out the answers without appearing to ask.
13  The local authority must try to recover arrears of rent.
14  The local authority may then try to shuffle these responsibilities off onto another authority.
15  A fair employer, when arranging for the pay of a carpenter, does not try to beat him down.