Example Sentences

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If you were awake, Strange, someone must have been essaying a little sleight-of-hand upon you.

From The Story of Charles Strange Vol. 1 (of 3) A Novel by Wood, Mrs. Henry

"No, my lord, but ever since Mardi began, we Mardians have been essaying our best to square it."

From Mardi: and A Voyage Thither, Vol. II by Melville, Herman