Example Sentences

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She was essaying, indeed, an impossible task—trying to couch Hugh Kinross’s eccentricities in dignified English prose.

From In the Mist of the Mountains by Macfarlane, J.

He was essaying portraiture as a side line and he was anxious for good opportunities to practice.

From The "Genius" by Dreiser, Theodore

"No," replied Hugh, the wrestler's nimble art being as far, far away from him as the "happy land" of the children's hymn, which the cornet was essaying below.

From Gideon's Band A Tale of the Mississippi by Cable, George Washington

Herv� recognized his brother Odelin, who, with one hand upon his wound and the other on the ground, was essaying to rise to his feet.

From The Pocket Bible or Christian the Printer A Tale of the Sixteenth Century by Sue, Eug?ne

For Miss Upton's escort had jumped out and she was essaying to leave the car.

From In Apple-Blossom Time A Fairy-Tale to Date by Burnham, Clara Louise