trying

Compounding that is the overwhelming feeling of exhaustion that many of us feel after such a trying period.
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It’s going to be an emotionally trying time as they shop for loved ones who cannot be in the same place with them.
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Between 25 and 30, you’re trying to decide how much longer before you start growing a beard and calling yourself ‘Daddy.
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Perhaps on his own nowadays, Epstein is trying his best to webmaster over a dozen URLs.
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He has wild swings between trying not to care about Lana and the baby, and being completely obsessed by it.
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I think if you keep trying to do things the same way it becomes diminishing returns.
Belle & Sebastian Aren’t So Shy Anymore|James Joiner|January 7, 2015|DAILY BEAST
All of my stories are about people trying hard not to grow up.
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Mrs. Jolly Robin had often wished—when she was trying to feed a rapidly-growing family—that she could hunt forp.
The Tale of Grandfather Mole|Arthur Scott Bailey
Alone Orlean lay trying vainly to forget something—something that stood like a spectre before her eyes.
The Homesteader|Oscar Micheaux
It may be fifty or a hundred centuries since men, although they were fully grown up, still went on trying to learn.
The Salvaging Of Civilisation|H. G. (Herbert George) Wells
Such throats are trying, are they not?In case one catches cold; Ah, yes!
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I shipped for a voyage to Japan and China, and spent several more years trying to penetrate the forbidden fastnesses of Tibet.
The Boarded-Up House|Augusta Huiell Seaman

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trying

/ (ˈtraɪɪŋ) /

adjective

upsetting, difficult, or annoyinga trying day at the office

Derived forms of trying

tryingly, adverbtryingness, noun

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