try-hard
- a variation of tryhard.
Example Sentences
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When other politicians try to respond to Trump in kind, they often come across as a bit try-hard, a lot cringe.
From Slate ● Mar. 3, 2026
Playing a high-stress working mom of an ill child, her try-hard heroine leans in so harrowingly far, she goes kamikaze.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 5, 2025
He wants to be aloof yet interesting; cool, but not so try-hard about it.
From Salon ● May 12, 2025
I have zero desire to be the try-hard I once was.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 2, 2023
I’m not a try-hard anymore, but I answer all the questions and then smile at a Jared or a Jennifer, who is slumping in their seat like, “Don’t worry, Pal, I got this one.”
From "Everything Sad Is Untrue" by Daniel Nayeri
